Media Log: The Testament of Ann Lee (Mona Fastvold, 2025)
★★★☆
Watched: Jan 19, 2026
On 70mm! At times beautiful, but ultimately unconvincing. Aside from that: Josephine Foster is in this movie.
Media Log: Obex (Albert Birney, 2026)
★★☆☆
Watched: Jan 17, 2026
Cute enough. The dog, Sandy — a middle-aged beagle mutt who spends most of the movie sleeping — stole my heart. For a movie that’s so specifically about 80s technology, prominently featuring an original Macintosh displaying grayscale images — something its one-bit display was not capable of — was a baffling oversight. Also, these names […]
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Obex (Albert Birney, 2026)
Cute enough. The dog, Sandy — a middle-aged beagle mutt who spends most of the movie sleeping — stole my heart. For a movie that’s so specifically about 80s technology, prominently featuring an original Macintosh displaying grayscale images — something its one-bit display was not capable of — was a baffling oversight. Also, these names […]
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