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“Eephus” is About a Pastime for When We Don’t Want Time to Pass

A loss to make way for something greater is still a loss

Aug 15, 2025 • ada

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July 2025

"Eddington" & American Anti-Nostalgia

Ari Aster dismantles COVID-era conservatism by bringing its every fantasy to life

Jul 31, 2025 • ada

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June 2025

“The Phoenician Scheme” is a Political Inversion of Wes Anderson's Style

How his archetypes become a background for aesthetic revelation

Jun 30, 2025 • ada

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January 2025

A Year in Review: Top 10 Films of 2024

A countdown of my favorite films of the past year!

Jan 31, 2025 • ada

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“Nickel Boys”: How We See and How We’ve Been Made to Be Seen

To be remembered.

Jan 16, 2025 • ada

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“Daughters”: A Dance Reveals How Incarceration Ensures Destruction

The documentary is small in scope but monumental in meaning

Jan 4, 2025 • ada

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“Queer” is a Picaresque Portrait of Longing

Luca Guadagnino’s second film of the year is tenderly attuned to movement and desire

Jan 1, 2025 • ada

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December 2024

“A Complete Unknown” is Only Concerned With Dylan’s Sound, Not His Circumstance

Something is happening here, but we should know what it is

Dec 28, 2024 • ada

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“A Real Pain” Understands Grief as a Constant Currency for Intimacy

Jesse Eisenberg’s comedy-drama considers the impact and ethics of processing our pain

Dec 24, 2024 • ada

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November 2024

“Memoir of a Snail” Is a Slow Spiral Into Despair

Yet it keeps marching forward

Nov 19, 2024 • ada

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“Conclave” is a Pulpy Drama of Biblical Proportion

Edward Berger’s latest thriller is more soapy than it is sensational

Nov 10, 2024 • ada

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Is "Anora" Uncritical or Disinterested?

Sean Baker's vérité-style Palme d'Or winner is intimate yet distant

Nov 6, 2024 • ada

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