And yet, The Lobster also reminds us how difficult life is when you’re in love-- it’s nice sharing dreams and future plans with someone, but you also have to share pain, even though it’s so much easier crying alone.
Read MoreEverybody Wants Some and Everybody Gets Some
Richard Linklater calls Everybody Wants Some!! the “spiritual sequel” to Dazed and Confused and the “cousin” to Boyhood —there’s always that low key sexist cousin in the family who you don’t have much in common with, isn’t there? He may as well rename this film Fuckboyhood.
Read MoreThe Mechanics and Matter of Mad Max: Fury Road
Not once did teachers warn us about forming parasitic relationships with our fake friends and gas-lighting sweethearts. Not once did we think of ourselves as wild, living organisms. Note how I say “living” instead of existing. There is a difference.
Read MoreSelect Memories from Moments in Carol
For prom, I bought us pearl earrings for $5 from an elderly vendor in Chinatown. I told him how neither of us had ever owned anything pearl before. He knew they were fake, and so did I, and so did you, but it didn’t matter.
Read MoreTravel Diary of a Bond Girl
Everyone loves older men and even older cities. But women must be girls, and preferably girls from out of town.
Read MoreBreakfast At Tiffany's
You mentioned in passing that your ex looks like her. I remember you showing me your first short film, black and white, 8mm, all hushed and crackling. It was about Audrey Hepburn’s ghost haunting a shy guy. You had cast your ex as Audrey. An ex is an ex, but can you leave behind a muse? Don’t you believe in ghosts?
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