ooohh it was so hard to pick one but this is it for me. plus it's got one of my favourite sentences in all of existence (some flies are too awesome for the wall)
Jun 24, 2025
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i’m sure there’s a doc i’ve seen before this one where i “learned more” or whatever but at least in recent memory this one feels like an all-timer; the subject matter is interesting, the interviews are engaging, the found footage is immaculate, and the graphics feel so on-theme that you kinda forget that someone drew that, and that it wasn’t something akin to found footage. also just manages the tone really, really well — the edit tells the story in a way that feels really intuitive and leaves you at the end with a sense of melancholy that you finished it because you just want it to keep going
Mar 28, 2024
Is my favourite documentary in the world. Stylishly directed in black and white by Bennett Miller (best known for Capote and Moneyball), it circles around the magnificently exuberant existence of the playwright turned apple city tour guide Timothy "Speed" Levitch as he muses on the city of NY on and off his double decker bus.
I have a tendency to let my frustrations of the world to clench my muscles up and this is the film equivalent of a lump of mdma to melt my heart back open again with every rewatch. A poet can have an intense love affair with a bridge and a great poet can word it in a way that convinces you that they're not mad; or that even if they are, they are mad in the exact way life is supposed to be experienced in the first place.
A must-see for anyone who holds a warm spot in their heart for the insomniac city, or at least what it once could be through the eyes of an intensely intuned romantic eccentric.
Jul 4, 2024
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Some documentaries are so good that they make you want to use all 246 synonyms for “wow” (according to this extensive Wiktionary list). This is one of them. In an hour and thirty-seven minutes (perfect runtime), a 1997 documentary about a bizarre Texas endurance feat will make you laugh, cry, take a shot, and have many epiphanies!
Sep 5, 2023
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it's so funny and a great pride month watch!!!
speaking from my own experience though, i knew i was into women when my 13 year old self saw morticia addams in The Addams Family (1991)
Jun 23, 2025
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i clearly love movies that emotionally wreck me
Jun 24, 2025
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get off social media. find a job, whatever it is, that keeps you so occupied that you don't have time to think about this person. find a new tv show to be obsessed with (i binged marvelous mrs maisel when my boyfriend of 2 years broke up with me). most importantly, don't ever lose yourself in the process of mourning a relationship <333 i hope you're doing okay :))
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