Letterboxd — Your life in film

There’s nowhere else like New York, there’s no one else like Fran.

Gorgeous showcase of Aubrey Plaza’s talent; a sharp and trippy reflection on the costs of creativity.

Nev is a terrible person but this tiny goblin of a film is highly re-watchable for me. the scene in which Nev reads his sexts aloud to his brother in all earnest while wearing his retainer is why god made celluloid

"When in 2019 comedian Aziz Ansari was accused of assault by a woman, he responded that he was “surprised” to learn she was “uncomfortable” during their date, claiming to have misunderstood that the woman did not want to engage in a sexual act she felt forced to participate in. It was a pinpoint in the #MeToo movement that revealed the grey areas of consent at the centre of many instances of assault: that two people can live through the same situation but have experienced it completely differently."

An excerpt from my full review on Screen Queens.

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm it was OK. Gary was very good although why it was decided an anti-semite would be a suitable fit for this or any future role is some hollywood bullshit. A charming homage with wit and an obvious admiration for the subject matter but not a particularly thrilling or interesting take on what could have been an excellent You Must Remember This episode come to life.

This movie is bonkers and I love it. It’s so fucking dark and sad and creepy and has Bill Paxton and I suggest one general watch then a re-watch wherein you only look at Gyllenhaal’s eyes. What I’m asking is do you like Mexican food, Nina?

One day I’m going to write about how both the creator and director of this film hate women but today I literally went to the wine shop for a Vouvray just before my re-watch of this and I hope one day someone will complain about my 10 minute lecture on how much I love this film who gives a fuck!!!!

It’s not new to say that Kauffman movies are fascinating in concept, painfully tedious in execution, but here’s another review saying so.

There is a moment in the film that best sums up its style and story when a male doctor shows the camera an iPhone photo of a woman’s vagina.

The director explores a kaleidoscope of reasons that a man could do such horrors to a woman and I won’t be able to shake the uneasiness of this piece for a long time.

Fellow Letterboxder /bratpitt has the actual perfect review for this but I will add some spare notes here: It's great! Anya is a joypunintended and the handling of what bisexuality feels and looks like for someone just suddenly tuning into that about themselves was welcome. Harmon is a GREAT character and some nuance would have been improved by a womxn-identifying writer/director but all-in-all this was a treat.