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Ricardo Harvin<p>Live broadcast this Sunday, March 9, 2025 of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a>, "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AllWeImagineAsLight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AllWeImagineAsLight</span></a>" on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a>, 8pm Eastern Time.</p><p>Blurb: </p><p>"The Best-Reviewed <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> of the Year</p><p>...the award-winning breakthrough from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/director" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>director</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PayalKapadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayalKapadia</span></a>...See why the critics have been swept away by this celebration of the light and lives of modern <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mumbai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mumbai</span></a>—a powerful story of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/friendship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>friendship</span></a> among working <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>women</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> against the odds, brimming with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/heartache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heartache</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/all-we-imagine-as-light-trailer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/videos/al</span><span class="invisible">l-we-imagine-as-light-trailer</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>I need help getting through my Criterion Channel queue, rather than continually adding to the list 😭</p><p>Seriously 😮‍💨</p><p>It's just been hard for me to choose to watch (or read) anything that makes me feel or think too deeply this last 15 or so years, for personal and political reasons, especially since I don't have anyone to share the experiences.</p><p>I need a queue partner to motivate me; maybe share lists and pick a 1-2 a week for each other, or together 🤷🏿‍♂️</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>This is starting soon, the live premiere of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wildcat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildcat</span></a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a>, 8pm ET.</p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ricardoharvin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ricardoharvin</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ricardoharvin/113879524259225459" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@ricardoharvin/11</span><span class="invisible">3879524259225459</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a> sent out a code to charter subscribers today worth $20 towards a purchase at the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CriterionCollection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriterionCollection</span></a> in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the channel's launch.</p><p>Gonna save it for the next Collection sale 😁</p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@indiewire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indiewire</span></a></span> For<br>"high quality" movies, these numbers don't beat out <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriterionChannel</span></a> (or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Max" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Max</span></a>, somewhat surprisingly) across the full range of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/classic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classic</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foreign</span></a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>films</span></a> regardless of what some random ranking service states for their own benefit, and you uncritically regurgitate (not reporting) for yours.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>"What's new and different?"</p><p>Well, it's not new (1986), but <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LizzieBorden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LizzieBorden</span></a>'s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WorkingGirls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkingGirls</span></a> is still a very different and great <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> that shows the everyday realities of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SexWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexWork</span></a> (for white women and their customers) in a specific type of environment.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>link</span></a>: <a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/working-girls-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/working-g</span><span class="invisible">irls-1</span></a></p><p>It's also part of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sundance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sundance</span></a> Favorites collection on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>link</span></a>: <a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/sundance-favorites" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/sundance-</span><span class="invisible">favorites</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>And don't miss the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cat</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a> collection on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a> 😻</p><p><a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/cat-movies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/cat-movie</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheQuietEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheQuietEarth</span></a> is part of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PostApocalyptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PostApocalyptic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> collection on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/postapocalyptic-sci-fi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/postapoca</span><span class="invisible">lyptic-sci-fi</span></a></p><p>Or, as we know it now in never ending March, 2020, tomorrow...</p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ricardoharvin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ricardoharvin</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/@ricardoharvin/111684449770945462" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mstdn.social/@ricardoharvin/11</span><span class="invisible">1684449770945462</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>In the 80's, I often caught bits of a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> while flipping through <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cable</span></a> channels, but never bothered to find out what it was until I caught the very end, and the visuals and music hit me with their haunting power.</p><p>I soon forgot the title, and in the 2000's it took me a while to re-find it because the end was my only clue. When I found it, I couldn't find a way to watch the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheQuietEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheQuietEarth</span></a>, 1985, is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NowPlaying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NowPlaying</span></a> on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a>.</p><p>Worth watching.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>link</span></a>: <a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-quiet-earth" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/the-quiet</span><span class="invisible">-earth</span></a></p>
Tucker Teague<p>On January 1st, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a> will post up their playlist of movies that feature <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> (in one way or another). </p><p>Features:<br>CAT PEOPLE<br>THE CAT CREEPS<br>RHUBARB<br>THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN<br>THE SHADOW OF THE CAT<br>WALK ON THE WILD SIDE<br>THE CASSANDRA CAT<br>THAT DARN CAT<br>KURONEKO<br>EYE OF THE CAT<br>THE LONG GOODBYE<br>HOUSE<br>THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE<br>INFERNO<br>CAT’S EYE<br>TWO EVIL EYES<br>THE CAT<br>SLEEPWALKERS<br>INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS</p><p>Shorts:<br>THE PERILS OF PRISCILLA<br>TO THE UNKNOWN </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caturday</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheGrifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGrifters</span></a> came out after a (not "the) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SavingsAndLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SavingsAndLoan</span></a> (manufactured) crisis and used that indirectly in its depiction of greed and the "conned".</p><p>It's relevant in this world of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BernieMadoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BernieMadoff</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NFT</span></a>'s, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Enron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enron</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StockMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarkets</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TooBigToFail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TooBigToFail</span></a>, all the other cons and con artists we know and acknowledge as such, and all those very many others that are still considered legitimate.</p><p>As history proves, the bigger the con, the more people believe and want to get taken...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>It's been a long time since I've seen it, but it was a frequent watch for me back in the 90's.</p><p>I'm now craving a broiled hothouse tomato under a generous slice of ripe cheese...</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheGrifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGrifters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trailer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trailer</span></a> is all wrong, musically and tonally:</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>link</span></a>: <a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-grifters/videos/the-grifters-trailer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/the-grift</span><span class="invisible">ers/videos/the-grifters-trailer</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheGrifters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGrifters</span></a>, 1990, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DirectedBy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectedBy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/StephenFrears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StephenFrears</span></a> and starring <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JohnCusack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnCusack</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AnjelicaHuston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnjelicaHuston</span></a>, and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AnnetteBenning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnnetteBenning</span></a> is a great <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/con" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>con</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hustler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hustler</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/oedipal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oedipal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/noir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noir</span></a>, even better than the great <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HouseOfGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseOfGames</span></a>, 1987 (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DirectedBy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectedBy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trumper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumper</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DavidMamet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidMamet</span></a> 🤮)</p><p>It has a line that applies to literally every <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VentureCapitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapitalist</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CEO</span></a> since its release:</p><p>"They were making money when everybody was making money. They think that means they're smart."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>link</span></a>: <a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-grifters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/the-grift</span><span class="invisible">ers</span></a></p>
Tucker Teague<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a> has a collection of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DavidLynch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DavidLynch</span></a>'s short films. I just watched his first two, SIX MEN GETTING SICK (1967, length 4:20) and THE ALPHABET (1968, length 4:02).</p><p>Fascinating. These were done when he was an art student. He was studying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>painting</span></a> but was driven to find ways to make the paintings move. Thus began his life with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a>.</p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>Madeline's Madeline, 2018, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DirectedBy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectedBy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JosephineDecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JosephineDecker</span></a>, was difficult and confusing to watch at times, for me, and ultimately rewarding.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HelenaHoward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HelenaHoward</span></a> is magnificent and delivers a performance throughout that makes the revelatory monologue and final scene potent and cathartic, reminiscent of such moments in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OrdinaryPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrdinaryPeople</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GoodWillHunting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodWillHunting</span></a>, among others.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MadelinesMadeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MadelinesMadeline</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MentalIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalIllness</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Movie</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/madeline-s-madeline" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/madeline-</span><span class="invisible">s-madeline</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MeAndYouAndEveryoneWeKnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeAndYouAndEveryoneWeKnow</span></a>, 2005, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DirectedBy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectedBy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MirandaJuly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MirandaJuly</span></a> is an odd and sweet <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> about life and love and the weirdness of it all.</p><p>The scene under the tree is just perfect ❤️</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>link</span></a>: <a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/me-and-you-and-everyone-we-know" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/me-and-yo</span><span class="invisible">u-and-everyone-we-know</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>I don't watch as many movies as I'd like on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a> because most of the ones I choose require a level of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/intellectual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intellectual</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/emotional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emotional</span></a> investment, or both, that's been difficult for me since 2011, when my marriage imploded. I saw <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Melancholia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Melancholia</span></a> a few weeks later in the theater, which perfectly describes the movie and my mood then.</p><p>That's the last deep <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> I saw in a theater.</p><p>I used to thrive on such <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>films</span></a>, but the world since then has me guarding my emotional health; I'm a softie.</p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>I thought I was ready, having seen the trailers and waiting about 8 months after it premiered on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a>.</p><p>I was not.</p><p>I haven't cried so hard over a movie since <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DancerInTheDark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DancerInTheDark</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EO</span></a>, 2022, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DirectedBy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectedBy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JerzySkolimowski" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JerzySkolimowski</span></a>, is a beautiful, moving, and deeply sad <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> that I can't recommend for everyone, but I recommend everyone watch.</p><p>An amazing piece of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a>, and display of empathy.</p><p>A major warning regarding several scenes with flashing strobe-like light effects and editing.</p>
Ricardo Harvin<p>45 years later and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ADreamIsSomethingYouWakeUpFrom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ADreamIsSomethingYouWakeUpFrom</span></a>, 1978, directed by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LarryBullard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LarryBullard</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CarolynJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarolynJohnson</span></a>, is as relevant now, as then.</p><p>Part <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documentary</span></a>, part narrative <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a>, it focuses on particulars of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Black</span></a> experience in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, yet it's relevance spans across all races and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cultures</span></a> in regards to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> roles and gendered <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>family</span></a>, and the realities of the "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AmericanDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanDream</span></a>".</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/a-dream-is-what-you-wake-up-from" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/videos/a-</span><span class="invisible">dream-is-what-you-wake-up-from</span></a></p>
Ricardo Harvin<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCraft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCraft</span></a>, 1996, directed by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AndrewFleming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndrewFleming</span></a> and starring <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FairuzaBalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FairuzaBalk</span></a>, is currently part of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HighSchoolHorror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HighSchoolHorror</span></a> collection on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheCriterionChannel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheCriterionChannel</span></a>.</p><p>It was better than I expected, mostly because of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fairuza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairuza</span></a>'s performance and is a rare <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> with four <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/female" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>female</span></a> leads, who all behave badly (to very different extent, but still).</p><p>Not great <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a>, but good fun, for me, even with the bugs.</p><p><a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/videos/the-craft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/videos/th</span><span class="invisible">e-craft</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/high-school-horror" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">criterionchannel.com/high-scho</span><span class="invisible">ol-horror</span></a></p>
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