I've had it waiting to watch for a while but I always had the feeling there was some zionist/hasbaraish subtext to it and, having looked into a bit, it seems there is, in the second half of the film most notably (apparently). I'll still give it a watch so I can judge for myself. The Iranian film "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" is fantastic so that's a good thing to replace it with. "Anora" was excellent but I'm a big fan of Sean Baker's films. Still quite surprised how much it dominated. "A Complete Unknown" was good too. Excellent lead performances and captured quite well Dylan's selfish mercenary iconoclasm. Top soundtrack of course. I thought "Conclave" was overrated by the brit-crit pack but still a decent watch; the ending is a bit ridiculous though. "The Substance" was ok but I thought it was a big one-note and kept making the same point over and over. I expected the Osacars to fawn over that but seems they gave it a swerve. "Long Legs" is excellent, as I've mentioned before here. |
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