Aftersun

Promo photo for the movie Aftersun. An unfolded physical photo shows the main father and daughter characters posing in front of a beach, with the title superimposed at the bottom.
An extremely beautiful film, Aftersun is a slow, melancholic, and nostalgic story on childhood, fatherhood, depression, and our memories of the important people in our lives. Every scene felt extremely relatable to me, with much of the film focused on simply showing how it feels to be eleven. We see in detail how she experiences the […]
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Emily the Criminal

Close-up still of the protagonist of Emily the Criminal.
Allow me to be a hater for a moment. This is slop. A “simulacrum of a movie” is how my friend described it. It certainly has all the parts of a movie, but it’s not clear the writer-director actually knew what they’re supposed to be used for. Every scene was so painfully rote you would […]
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