
A love story, horror film, or perhaps a comedy, Spin! explores the extremes of consciousness arising from unmediated contact and intimacy with our manufactured ecology. Shot entirely in the first person, the film abandons the strictures of plot to focus instead on the lightness and gravity of a subject’s fleeting relationships with plumbing fixtures, clocks, spectators, vending machines, rabbits, dustbins, directional signs, guards, hand dryers, and with the two cities of dreams—Los Angeles and New York—which feature not merely as backdrops, but as main characters in their own right. Sustained throughout by Welch's Apple Juice, our bandaged entity is someone you’ll find disconcertingly familiar if you manage to spin around to look at yourself.
The power of a talented female director like Patty Jenkins and an overall diverse cast is what makes this film worth watching for me.
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When we hear Korean Cinema, we often think of South Korean Cinema, but what about North Korea? Sure, North Korea has its propaganda moments, but 'Pulgasari' might be its best one yet.
Overall, Matthias & Maxime doesn't reinvent this romantic concept. But it also doesn't need to. Dolan weaves a story of love, friendship, and life that is both realistic and bittersweet. The film is nuanced and sensual in a way we don't get to see often with LGBTQ characters. It's a film that we can celebrate.