Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

My Favorite Films of 2011 (25 movies items)

" "You know that death is the most beautiful part of life, right? Death is beautiful because we all fear death. And fear is the most amazing emotion of all because it creates complete awareness. It brings you to now, and it makes you truly present. And when you're truly present, that's nirvana. That's pure love. So death is pure love." Directed by Sean Durkin Written by Sean Durkin Music by Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans Cinematography by Jody Lee Lipes Editing by Zachary Stuart-Pontier "

Movies the giraffe watched in 2021: January (42 movies items)

"First viewing - Jan. 25th I've been wanting to watch something else with Elizabeth Olsen since I'm enjoying WandaVision so far, and this was on Max. Her performance makes the film worth sitting through and serves as a reminder of why I've become a fan. It's a thoughtful film about reckoning with life-changing experiences as they're processed in the aftermath, which had me thinking of a what-if scenario for someone who got out of the Manson family before it was too late. Which means it's a dark "

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"Sarah Paulson"

Film Journal 2015 (112 movies items)

" So, I've been wanting to see this since Ms. Olsen popped onto the scene and I'm glad I finally did. While no one will call this a "happy" movie, it's a great look at the human psyche. Also, it was more of a thriller than I expected, which was compelling. You felt like you were experiencing what she did and it was nicely done."

Best Directorial Debuts from 1921 until 2021 (307 movies items)

" directed by Sean Durkin "

A good movie

“To be honest, I had no idea what this movie was actually about but since I kept hearing some really good things about this flick, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, it turned out to be a really daunting story with a really impressive breakthrough performance by Elizabeth Olsen. Furthermore, it has been a while since I have seen a movie which was actually enhanced by such jumps back and forth in time. Still, even though the subject was really interesting, even if the mood was quite fascinating and even though Olsen was really good, the whole thing didn’t completely convinced me though. The main issue I had is that the makers tried too much to remain ambiguous. For example, it is pretty obvious that the sisters did have a conversation at some point about what the hell happened t” read more