‘The Devil All The Time’ is Gritty and Bleak
Gritty and bleak are the best words to describe this film. There’s nothing happy about it.

After dropping out of college and losing his job, Tom's relationship with Shahar is all he got. When she leaves him for an old friend, Tom gradually becomes obsessed with the two and bursts into his house, just to face the grim truth.
Gritty and bleak are the best words to describe this film. There’s nothing happy about it.
As a huge fan of Sean Baker’s Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, I’ve wanted to watch Anora since before it even was released. But life got in the way, my watchlist grew, and honestly, the fact that it was marketed as a romantic comedy put me off. Even with all the critical praise and the five Academy Awards it won last year, I just kept postponing it indefinitely.
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The message to take away from 'Causeway' is that toxic masculinity can manifest in anyone, no matter what their gender identity is.
I understand that this would have been consistent with the language used by that generation, due to its role in the medical profession, however as someone who has family members with Down Syndrome I took it very personally.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.