Kyle's review
based on the title alone: A women and her trans women partner are
happily raising a child together until one day that child comes home and asks
Where’s Poppa? The couple then beat the child to death for being transphobic.
The message of the movie seems to be that anything at all is justified if it
combating transphobia except for killing children which is kind of a grey area.
2/5 scars
According to IMDB: "When New York attorney Gordon Hocheiser meets Louise Callan, the girl of
his dreams, he schemes to eliminate his aging, senile mother, even
though he promised his late father that he'd always take care of her. He
fears that his batty mom's eccentricities will shortly lead to Louise's
departure."
What DeeDee thought: Oops...I slept in & didn't make it to this.
Boy Meets Girl 1:30pm
@ the Forum
Kyle's review
based on the title alone: Boy meets girl, but the girl is actually a
monster! Blood ‘n’ guts galore! 5/5 severed heads.
According to IMDB: "Leos Carax's brilliant feature debut
follows the relationship of an aspiring filmmaker, who
has just been left by his lover and a suicidal young woman, who is also reeling from a failed romance."
What DeeDee thought: By the time I woke up, I would've had to rush to make it to this one...the cats looked awfully happy rolling in the sunspot, so I joined them instead. I must've really needed the sleep & woke up feeling amazing, but am vowing not to let it happen again during the fest!
Kyle's review
based on the title alone: A documentary about the Crazy Horse strip
club. A lazy cheap effort that is 90% reused footage from the 2008 movie about
Miss Nude Australia, Best Undressed. 1/5 tassels
According to IMDB: "A cinéma vérité look inside Paris' Crazy Horse, a club that boasts the greatest and most chic nude dancing in the world."
What DeeDee thought: About 60% of this was performance footage (not from Miss Nude Australia), which was gorgeous. The rest was behind the scenes stuff, but I really wished they'd talked to the performers a little more. Weird.
The Ambassador 6:30pm
@ ACMI
Kyle's review
based on the title alone: A zany Borat type character The Ambassador
is on a trip to America and gets into all types of wacky situations. I did not enjoy this
movie.
1/5 somethingastans
According to IMDB: "Danish journalist Mads Brügger goes undercover as a European Ambassador
to embark on a dangerous yet hysterical journey to uncover the blood
diamond trade in Africa."
What DeeDee thought: I'm not sure yet what I thought of this. Ended suddenly. Kinda got itself in a weird place by the end & ended somewhat suddenly. Q & A with the director & John Safran tomorrow will be interesting.
Kyle's review
based on the title alone: You know those episodes of Cribs that showed
the dumb houses of real people who aren’t celebrities? Well that’s basically
all this is, except that it has terrible production values and goes for 2
hours. 1/5 dumb houses.
According to IMDB: "In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million
arrests, made America the world's largest jailer, and destroyed
impoverished communities at home and abroad."
What DeeDee thought: I found this totally engrossing from start to finish. Possibly the best part was the Abraham Lincoln historian who clearly based his personal grooming & style on the guy as well. Excellent.
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