WE MEET ON VACATION
(2026 dir. Brett Haley) Date Seen: August 25 2026
Proof a charming cast alone cannot carry an entire film.. Writing kinda plays like if Nora Ephron started a promising outline but then suffered a series of small strokes (Especially lousy 3rd). America continues to be starved of good rom-coms i.m.o.. which is weird 'cause the genre used to be our bread & butter.
346) PLEASE
(2026 dir. Anna Mantzaris) Date Seen: August 25 2026
Captures a specific ennui about modern loneliness, where everybody’s so desperate to connect --but then also (annoyingly) how all of our antennae feelers keep obliviously brushing passed each other right when it seems we're about to connect. [my first Anna Mantzaris film! Socks are properly knocked off, similar to when i first saw an Emma de Swaef]
345) CLOAK & DAGGER
(1984 dir. Richard Franklin) Date Seen: August 25 2026
Would make an awesome double-feature with BMX BANDITS. A pretty solid case study in visually economic storytelling.. That San Antonio River Walk sequence is superbly Hitchcockian. (I remember as kids my cousin Alex rented this dvd for our sleepover but i fell the fuck asleep)
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