joshcarone

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Favorite films

  • Dazed and Confused
  • The Heartbreak Kid
  • Nothing But a Man
  • Tampopo

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  • The King of Marvin Gardens

  • Tuner

  • Unstoppable

  • Ninotchka

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Tuner
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Great! A nifty crime caper with a familiar structure and unfamiliar charachters. Nicki would hate zip lining with me (I yell WEEEEEEEE really fucking loud.)

I Love Boosters
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Very fun. Definitely overstuffed, but the stuff is interesting so I can’t complain. Boots’ gonzo, maximalist filmmaking is always refreshing, especially when elevated by movie stars like Keke Palmer and Demi Moore. Sorry to Bother You is definitely a more concise and focused story. But it also cost less than 5 million. Boosters cost 20 and was Neon’s most expensive production to date. Regardless of how one feels about the film, it’s pretty cool that a black, leftist filmmaker was bankrolled by…

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Obsession
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Such a confident debut. Strangely enough, it reminded me of Blue Heron. Not in the content, but the feeling that I was watching a movie that had played in the director’s head for years. 

Between Obsession and Backrooms, this is a major moment for digital filmmakers. As a member of that community, I’d like to ramble just a little about this potential inflection point for independent cinema.

Despite the many, many evils of social media, perhaps its best virtue is…

The Devil Wears Prada
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In college I went on a Bumble date with a human girl from BU (humble brag). On said date she told me my sweater was "cerulean" and I was completely befuddled. She sensed my confusion and said "and you call yourself a ~film major~". For some reason, I didn't follow up and there was no second date, so I never learned what cerulean meant. BUT NOW, thanks to Delta's In-Flight Entertainment, I do. And Bumble Girl, if you're reading this, let me just say: that sweater was navy not cerulean and you looked nothing like your photos.