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The Human Surge (Argentina, 2016) - 4/5
an experimental meditation on human connection in the digital age. the anti-narrative, composed of meandering vignettes, links three different groups of people from across the globe (Argentina, Mozambique, & Phillipines) & follows their random interstices of life. i found it to be very arresting, but definitely not for everyone. i'll be eagerly waiting for a download of The Human Surge 3 to finally pop up on one of my sites
A Thousand and One (USA, 2023) - 4/5
a gutwrenching slice of Harlem realism about a mother who kidnaps her son from foster care and raises him in the Harlem neighborhood where she grew up. there are some seriously dynamite performances that are for sure among the best from last year, especially the lead performance by Teyana Taylor. there is a scene at the end—a conversation between Inez (Taylor) & her 17yo son (played by Josiah Cross)—that is one of the most powerful pieces of acting from the last few years. it's an absolute slobberknocker of emotional performance from the both of them. i highly recommend this one & it's a damn shame that it's flown under the radar for 2023
The Passenger (USA, 2023) - 3/5
Kyle Gallner's Benson is fed the fuck up & is determined to free his coworker Randy from his pathetic existence. decent low budget Blumhouse thriller.
Wonka (UK, 2023) - 2.5
the ketamine made this incomprehensible gobbledygook. was Timothy Chalamet milking a giraffe at one point?
an experimental meditation on human connection in the digital age. the anti-narrative, composed of meandering vignettes, links three different groups of people from across the globe (Argentina, Mozambique, & Phillipines) & follows their random interstices of life. i found it to be very arresting, but definitely not for everyone. i'll be eagerly waiting for a download of The Human Surge 3 to finally pop up on one of my sites
A Thousand and One (USA, 2023) - 4/5
a gutwrenching slice of Harlem realism about a mother who kidnaps her son from foster care and raises him in the Harlem neighborhood where she grew up. there are some seriously dynamite performances that are for sure among the best from last year, especially the lead performance by Teyana Taylor. there is a scene at the end—a conversation between Inez (Taylor) & her 17yo son (played by Josiah Cross)—that is one of the most powerful pieces of acting from the last few years. it's an absolute slobberknocker of emotional performance from the both of them. i highly recommend this one & it's a damn shame that it's flown under the radar for 2023
The Passenger (USA, 2023) - 3/5
Kyle Gallner's Benson is fed the fuck up & is determined to free his coworker Randy from his pathetic existence. decent low budget Blumhouse thriller.
Wonka (UK, 2023) - 2.5
the ketamine made this incomprehensible gobbledygook. was Timothy Chalamet milking a giraffe at one point?