I realized over the weekend that I was so otherwise preoccupied on Thursday I didn't do my usual "here are the movies out this weekend / what I think about them" post, which led to me not linking to two reviews of note. So let's play the better-late-than-never game and do that now. I am the sort of person who thinks it's better to read reviews after you've seen a movie anyway -- I mean I go out of my way not to write spoilery reviews and avoid too much synopsis-ing, but because of that I like to think of my reviews as being there to help shape mixed-up thoughts, funneling them toward themes I think that matter, et cetera. But y'all do y'all!
The first review is one from Sundance that I've linked to a million and a half times becuase 1) I loved the movie and wanted to make sure people saw it, and 2) I got blurbed on the trailer and a poster. The slasher movie In a Violent Nature hit screens and from what I heard did good business for IFC Films, which is great to hear. It's not the easiest of movies, which isn't what you expect from a slasher, the simplest form of horror subgenre -- it really tries something new and I personally think it succeeds. In fact I re-watched the film over the weekend and it unsettled me just as much as it did at Sundance. S' a keeper!
The other flick I reviewed was the Oscar-nominated animated film Robot Dreams, which got an awards-qualifying run at the end of 2023 but is now properly in theaters. Read my write-up here -- short version is it deserved that Oscar nomination, and it should've won too if you ask me. What a wondrous and moving little picture it is.
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