The Daily Californian’s Arts Awards: Film of 2020

“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” dazzles and dizzies even its most attentive viewer; the film is a psychological feast boasting richly clever construction and riveting performances.
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“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” dazzles and dizzies even its most attentive viewer; the film is a psychological feast boasting richly clever construction and riveting performances.
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“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” is intricately layered and atmospheric, but on first viewing, Kaufman’s unpredictable detours can be frustrating.
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Watching the trailer for “Welcome to Marwen” filled me with deep distrust and apprehension, something a movie trailer hadn’t made me feel in a long time.
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We need to question that discomfort and process the ideas and emotions the film is conveying, instead of dismissing what we don’t understand with a laugh.
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Aggressively artificial, yet achingly human, Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s “Anomalisa” is a masterpiece in design, story and execution. Starting as a sound play in 2005 in which there were only a Charlie Kaufman script, three actors and accompanying music by legendary composer Carter Burwell, “Anomalisa” has now been adapted
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