Goes extremely hard as a one-take chamber play with only a single intentional cut in the entire film, and when I tell you that this cut is so good and so powerful, that it alone ascribes Rope the badge of being "well-edited", despite not being edited at all... that, my friends, is the story-telling power of editing. Hitchcock is a smug bastard behind the camera, and frankly he's earned the right. There is likely no era that this work will…

Sundance 2022 #5
World Premiere

A reinforcement of the idea that men are terrifying, and rightfully so. Watcher makes a strong case for privacy blinds. I nearly chewed my hands off from the tension here. I can't imagine the fear and the paranoia of being stalked, and watching "strong" men attempt to tackle this issue with temporary bravado, empty threats, chest-puffing, etc. It perfectly displays what I can only imagine is the harrowing existence of being a woman in a…

[sundance] world premiere

i say this with zero hyperbole: i think that sorry, baby may be one of the best, if not, the best film about trauma that i’ve seen… and i’ve seen a lot! eva victor navigates her trauma with such a realism and such a pathos that, even as someone who cannot relate to her specific event, is absolutely picking up what she is putting down. this couldn’t be more deserving of the waldo salt screenwriting award—the dialogue and…