i have a significantly long line of con artists and bootleggers in my immediate family, so i can validate the “scumbag with a heart of gold” thing. paper moon tells it right—you can only throw the dice so many times before you lose your hat, or your house. an affable real life father-daughter duo is the glue to an odyssey through america’s midwest, scamming and jamming, unsure of what comes next.

bogdonovich is a master at work. there’s not a wasted…

an indescribably genius film from robert altman. equal parts odd and frightening, exploring identity and ego, following two women in their strange job, in their strange community, where seemingly no one likes them. it’s a cold world for sissy spacek and shelley duvall, bopping around town, each as losers in other’s stories. and despite the specifics of the dialogue and the settings, inane chatter about food and rehab facility policy, there’s a palpable emptiness at the core of it all…

Sundance 2022 #5
World Premiere

A reinforcement of the idea that men are terrifying, and rightfully so. Watcher makes a strong case for privacy blinds. I nearly chewed my hands off from the tension here. I can't imagine the fear and the paranoia of being stalked, and watching "strong" men attempt to tackle this issue with temporary bravado, empty threats, chest-puffing, etc. It perfectly displays what I can only imagine is the harrowing existence of being a woman in a…

i don’t really understand why we’re combining deeply emotional prose with cunty seinfeldian new york dirtbag comedy but here we are. it’s like chicken flavored ice cream with the way these ideas come together and clash in an improbably bad way. the characters are pretty tropey and i genuinely wouldn’t mind if the movie didn’t take itself so goddamned seriously.

i enjoyed a good bit of the humor, and some of the pandemic jokes made me go “damn that’s crazy”.…