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America: The Motion Picture (2021)
Skewering Trump-era Jingoism
America: The Motion Picture skewers the anti science, this is 'Merica love it or leave it!, don't tread on me, history denying, Jesus was white, Oakley-wearing patriot bros. It's satirical take on the uber jingoism of the Trump era is not for everyone. What I like most about this particular brand of satire isn't laughing at every gag or every send up - funny as some of them are - it's the fact the movie's obviously hitting a little too close to home for A LOT of viewers. Sometimes it's funny to watch people squirm as they watch their ridiculous selves reflected back at them on the screen.
Cremaster 3 (2002)
A miracle of cinema magnificence
Barney's 3rd installment of the Cremaster cycle is perhaps the finest of the five. To judge the film as art is difficult and to judge the art as a film is even more so. The feat undertaken by Barney is most certainly a tremendous one and keeps the viewer, at all times, on the edge of their seat and occasionally watching through slightly opened fingers. (Much like the first time I saw the Exorcist when I was like 6 or something)
Barney's true accomplishment is that he makes this art film look like anything but. That is to say, of the art films I've seen, and I've seen many, this one is by far the most exorbitant. Absent of the exasperating white noise so typical of art films and crisp as a Hollywood blockbuster shot on the highest quality film, Cremaster 3 is simply a marvel that leaves one wishing it would never end (a lot to be said of a film that is 183 mins long).