Here's some random movie recommendations for you accursed beafts:
Ginger Snaps (2000): if you liked Jennifer's Body, you'll probably like this. It has a lot of the same themes but with a more sisterly bonding bend. Personally I liked it more than JB.
Being John Malkovich (1999): Okay so you want to talk about Ego Death? You want to meditate on identity? This movie assaults you with so much absurdity that the overarching message is the only thing that makes sense.
La Llorona (2019) ((NOT the Curse of La Llorona, we are talking about the Guatemalan film)): This movie is very slow, still, and steady. There are no jump scares, really. The film is a long slow build up of dread but in like a positive way? It's a horror movie about women and the power structures men put them into.
Smoke Signals (1998): You ever have complicated feelings about your dad, lol? Watch this. Bonus points for being a film made by indigenous americans
Sound of Metal (2020): Man loses a connection to something he built his life around so it all starts crumbling. You'll cry.
Perfect Blue (1997, yes the anime movie): I know, Satoshi Kon yadda yadda it's already a well known movie. This psych thriller anime is yet another meditation on identity and how we try to change ourselves to please others or change others to please ourselves.
Microcosmos (1996): This is the single best insect documentary I have ever seen. There is no narration after the first minute, you real close macro footage of bugs. Even without words, you can watch their world unfold before you and it just Makes sense.
Samsara (2011): In the same vein as microcosmos, this doc is a wordless meditation on humanity. You'll see all kinds of fascinating cultural events unfold before you. It really makes you feel connected to other humans.
Warsha (2022): This one's a short film. There is something about finding bliss even in the face of oppression
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979): The poster is literally the pride flag. The pride flag which came out one year before thin movie did. But really, this movie is VERY slow. Which is to its benefit. They really let you sit and think about what is happening in front of you. I don't know, the performances in this film are immaculate. It gets a lot of hate for how slow it is but if you let the movie take over, it WILL fill you with the intended sense of simultaneous fear of the unknown and curiosity about that unknown. Trepidation? Also it's a very good love story about two parallel romances.
Pig (2021): Nicholas Cage in a slow burner about the past and how we try to run from it. About how we can never escape it either. How to we cope with that? Maybe Nic can show us.
