seosamh 🇵🇸 on X: "my hot take is that this isn't a sad ending. the film makes it clear oliver was bad for elio by revealing that oliver is closeted and getting married. the tragedy is not that they 'broke up', it is the necessary pain of first heartbreak and thus self discovery" / X
Josh Harding on X: "Favorite aspect of Dune 2 is how aggressively “anti-blockbuster” it is. Every aspect of the standard Chosen One narrative here is filled with portent and dread. The movie doesn’t want Paul to become the One. Once he does, even the “epic final battle” intentionally feels wrong." / X
Tony Tost on X
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2023). I feel like late stage Scorsese -- perhaps from WOLF OF WALL STREET onward -- is carving out this new genre: the true-ish fever dream lyrical essay about America. Pictures that feel like full literate novels, all grace notes & soul sickness.
Austin Adams on X
lots of people suggesting criterion recommendations