Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn (Radu Jude)

[Philip J. Fry]

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Three films for the price of one, each engaging in their own way, but kind of clanging when put together even with (or especially because of?) thematic throughline. I actually liked the first one most, as the slim narrative sets off a fascinating view of city details and life-during-covid snapshots. The second segment is the kind of essayist filmmaking that tends to be hit-or-miss for me, but Jude keeps it playful and varied enough here to resonate. The third, maybe the most "conventionally" dramatic, is undeniably riveting, but also goes full ahead with a stacked deck in favor of one viewpoint that the group of parents get slightly tedious in their hypocritical screeching after a while. Sure ends most memorably though. 7/10

[Philip J. Fry]

Three films for the price of one, each engaging in their own way, but kind of clanging when put together even with (or especially because of?) thematic throughline. I actually liked the first one most, as the slim narrative sets off a fascinating view of city details and life-during-covid snapshots. The second segment is the kind of essayist filmmaking that tends to be hit-or-miss for me, but Jude keeps it playful and varied enough here to resonate. The third, maybe the most "conventionally" dramatic, is undeniably riveting, but also goes full ahead with a stacked deck in favor of one viewpoint that the group of parents get slightly tedious in their hypocritical screeching after a while. Sure ends most memorably though. 7/10

Very, very memorably. I hadn't laughed that much in a while.