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• October 05, 2023

  Aftersun

  I watched this nearly a month ago and have only now gotten around to writing a few words because, mostly, it didn’t do a lot for me. In amongst genres and setups that will hook me instantly regardless of the quality (courtroom, exorcism, time loop) the one that’s told through a child’s perspective while a bunch of (inevitably more interesting) adult things happen around the periphery has never been particularly interesting to me. I got recommended the book Before We Were Free years ago and, while I did end up reading the whole thing, all of the interesting stuff happened off the page. It’s like the Simpsons joke about jazz, you have to listen to the notes she isn’t playing and yes, I can do that at home.

• September 19, 2023

  Letterboxd

  I’m going to try and double post movie content, like the thing I posted a few minutes ago, here (where I own it) and on Letterboxd (where I don’t). If you are reading this (and nobody is reading this), follow me there for identical content to here, but with the option to comment (nobody is commenting).

• September 19, 2023

  Tár

  I’m convinced now this is a comedy. I don’t mean this in a disparaging way, it was riveting, but that last minute made me reevaluate everything that had come before. Lydia Tár, and I’m going to copy/paste that surname for the duration here, is introduced giving an interview on stage, and a lot of time is taken up by her ludicrously extensive list of accomplishments. The term EGOT, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony, probably wasn’t made up for 30 Rock but it’s the first place I came across it. In addition to that, she was the conductor of basically every major orchestra in the world, all while shooting down the snowflakes, sexually harassing anyone she feels like, threatening children in German (the scariest language) and publishing a highly-anticipated autobiography. In hindsight, her plan to complete all of Mahler’s symphonies with the best, most important one, number five, feels a lot like she had two days to retirement on a boat.

• May 15, 2023

  You Were The Last One

  Here is a pdf if that’s the kind of thing you’re into.

• April 03, 2023

  The Twin Pillars of Fear

  Probably the most dramatic title I could have given this. Here are two things that have been keeping me awake at night, other than children waking up at random hours, and the heat being on way too high.