It's Friday so there are new movies in theaters, and this is the part where I direct you to the ones that I have seen and reviewed. First and fore-best there is Andrea Arnold's Bird, which stars the-pictured-here Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski as the influential dudes in teenage Nykiya Adams' life -- Keoghan's her sweet-but-fucked-up dad while Franz is some weirdo she bumps into who starts following her around. Here is my review of that -- gist being I loved it, it's proper Andrea Arnold magic. The other movie out this weekend that I have both seen and reviewed is Heretic, A24's horror film starring Hugh Grant that you're no doubt familiar with given how hard they've been pushing it -- here is my review of that. The gist on that one being the very good performances therein cannot wallpaper over a bunch of intellectually-compromised and deeply conservative bullshit. Especially after Tuesday it feels important to call this shit out -- to me anyway. Lots of critics seem to love it. I saw someone today say it presents both sides -- as in believing and not believing in religion -- equally, and it doesn't force us to choose, and uhhhhhh that's a pretty wild bunch of nonsense to say with a straight face. I'm pretty sure the movie makes us choose when the atheist turns out to be a violent maniac while the Mormon girls he torments all all pure and true-hearted. But what do I know, right? (I know you should go watch Bird, that's what. It will make you feel better, I promise. It's Arnold's by far most optimistic film to date.)
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