ppl have definitely oversold this movie's whole Fucked Up factor but it kept me engaged from start to finish. it also integrated humour pretty seamlessly! its comedic aspects didn't undercut its tenser moments. i get the impression that curry barker knew exactly what he wanted to do here and i think he does it well. did this blow me away? no! did it lack a striking visual core? yeah! did inde navarrette's performance absolutely tie this whole thing together! YES!!…

what is to be done with all of this grief? you can sit with it. talk to it. try to make sense of it.

went into this pretty blind so the whole self-insert in the second half caught me off guard. genius. grief and trauma experienced in childhood remain difficult to articulate well into adulthood. there’s a persisting gap between what you lost as a kid and the absence you continue to feel as an adult. seeing sophy romvari tackle…

maybe the movie of all time. the absolute 5-star sweep from every letterboxd mutual is completely valid. the visceral feeling of seeing a situationship’s apartment on screen (nora) is part of the experience of watching this movie! bc yeah man Toronto. the queen/spadina mcdonald’s (an institution). the rivoli (where nora and i experienced both the best AND worst interviews of all time). 506 streetcar diversion (happened to me on my way to the carlton). it’s all here!! #the6ix. matt johnson…