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Poor Things (2023)
Brushing Perfection
Poor Things is one of the most perfect films I've ever seen. I'm comparing it to the Coen brothers, to Anderson, to Sofia Coppola, to Miyazaki, to every artistic director I've ever seen. In Poor Things, there's something both deeply disturbing and deeply comforting; if ever there was a gothic comfort-core film, this is it, and I desperately want more of this subgenre (despite my hatred of the the subgenres of subgenres!). It's a feminist delight, a dadaist's dream, an orgasmic surprise, and a two-bit stage-show of comedic delight. This is thinking soft-core porn stripped utterly of porn, made delightful, made meaningful. Long live Yorgos Lanthimos, long live Alasdair Gray, long live Emma Stone. Please, may I have some more.
La Révolution (2020)
Fantastic Character-Driven Dark Fantasy
Anyone down-rating this for historical inaccuracy is just dull and dumb as a brick. This is a dark fantasy, a reimagining of the French Revolution, and it is bloody delightful. The production values are spot on, given the budget, and the acting is top notch.
Vampire-like zombies? Zombie-like vampires? Voodoo and French aristocracy?
Yes, please.
Fits and Starts (2017)
Not Everyone Is Going to Like This... but You Should if You're a Writer
This is one of those films which gets a lot of 10/10s for a reason, as well as predictable 1/10s. If you're a writer, and you've been in the writing scene long enough, this film is one horrifyingly enjoyable truth after another.
If you're expecting a slapstick, dumb comedy, you're going to hate it.
10/10 for me.
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (2016)
Fantastic
This is pure gothic horror, and it's excellent. It knows exactly what it's doing. Anyone who's slamming it, well, they're expecting Paranormal Activity or some other garbage.
This is smart, capable storytelling. It's got enough atmosphere to fill an entire jump-and-scare franchise from first movie to ninth.
The Aeronauts (2019)
Ah, the hateful patriarchs are out in force on this one. Don't listen to them.
Yes, we get that this movie is not 100% historically accurate. Yes, we get that Henry Coxwell has been omitted. So sorry. Yes, we get that Amelia Wren is an amalgamation of at least two noteworthy nineteenth-century female aeronauts. Yes, we get that a bunch of dudes are hurt that this movie isn't entirely true.
Get over it.
It's fun, it manages to show how important this moment was while also recognizing that several under-noted women also played a role in nineteenth-century aeronautics, and so we get the entire picture of an era in a short film. It's inclusive, because history is not so clean as the white-male centrists want to believe. It's an amalgam. It tries to capture many events in a two-hour movie, and that's okay, because the women are too often ignored.
And it's a fun, well done movie with some fine acting. I'm all for it.
Give it a watch and just enjoy it.