this should be stephanie hsu’s second oscar

i actually really loved this but the memory of seeing it will be forever tainted by the fact that a transphobe tried to attack me when i was leaving the theater and though i am still seriously shaken up by that it’s sadly morbidly humorous that one of my first thoughts when it happened was “i’m about to die and the last thing i did was see dungeons & dragons”
I loved every single second of Sanctuary, a smart, sharp, and sensationally sexy love story for sickos that’ll have you both horrified and horny for 90 minutes straight. Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott are at the top of their craft here - a match made in masochistic heaven. You guys are gonna love this lol omg.
me watching asteroid city for the first time: “silly! sad! jason schwartzman and adrien brody are so fucking hot!”
me watching asteroid city for the second time: “i will never see life the same way again and have been irreversibly altered on both a molecular and existential level. jason schwartzman and adrien brody are so fucking hot.”
The scene where Marion is washing dishes and giving Lady Bird the silent treatment even though she’s begging her to talk to her is one of the most upsetting scenes in the history of cinema and resembles FAR too many agonizing experiences from my own adolescence and I’m HURT
“You wanna be people? Let’s be people.”
Simply put, Bones and All is brilliant, bewildering, brutal, and beautiful, all at the same time. Another movie may be called Everything Everywhere All at Once this year, but in a way, that title applies here as well. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a movie that tackles as many tones as this one - blending dark humor, heart-rending romance, and horrific violence - and synthesizes them all into such a satisfying,…