Okayyyyyyyyyy.

I need to go camping by that lake asap. Need her truck. Need that camper. Her radio, too. Last person on the planet to say this but this was def my Nomadland. That line she says towards the end after that coffee gets made, mama mia.

Very breezy and loose 80 minutes but bb that's camp life.

The antidote to the last movie I watched, which was Blonde. A Love Song is a simple, sweet, quiet and warm little film, so pleasant and easy to watch. Spearheaded by the perfectly lovely and underrated Dale Dickey, who is so authentic and glorious, probably one of my favourite actresses ever I reckon, love her in everything and it’s nice to see her taking the lead here and doing so well. More lead roles for her please and thank you.

I feel warm inside after this. Made me feel nice. Beautifully filmed also, would’ve loved to have seen it on the big screen.

Whatever time you have … that’s enough

A lovely balance of the intimate and quirky with great performances. That’s more like it, Sundance.

As many have noted, it's great seeing Dale Dickey get a lead turn like this. And great also to see Wes Studi get a meaty, romantic part. These actors are also uniquely suited to this material: At first, I was surprised that the picture was so deadpan -- it felt a bit like an indie film from the late 80s or early 90s -- but as we spend more time with these two characters, and get closer to them, we see so much pain in those faces. And you really need two actors who can express so much with so little to pull something like this off. There's one particularly heartbreaking close-up of Dickey about 2/3 of the way through that just wrecked me.

This was beautiful. Everything here is in the small details. Very understated and real-life. Similar to Chloe Zhao’s directing I thought. Think Nomadland but if Frances McDormand stayed in one spot. Dale Dickey did a terrific job. Such a quiet gem of a movie.

A LOVE SONG was more introspective than I expected. Loneliness, regret & longing are all felt under the vast, beautiful mountain landscapes. At its best when Dale Dickey & Wes Studi are on screen together. A lovely but maybe a bit too subdued of a debut from Max Walker-Silverman.

Sundance #15

Nomadland (2020) meets Land (2021) directed by Wes Anderson.

Such a simple beautiful film about grief, loss, loneliness and love with beautiful landscapes of the American West. Dale Dickey delivers a spectacular performance. She's phenomenal!

A lovely, restorative and unfussy film about valuing the time spent with others. It's an ideal way to kick off Sundance (properly, since After Yang wasn't a premiere) as it's got that trademark tenderness and quirkiness that give little-films-that-could their charm. I debated my rating but it's boosted by the power of its ending, sentiment be damned.

A good song can fuel you for a few more miles.

'Why be mean when you can be nice?'

this is what I wanted nomadland to be; beautiful