Saw two unforgettable movies this week: EEPHUS, a charming, leisurely, bittersweet, brilliantly anticlimactic hang about the death of an old American way of life; and EDDINGTON, a provocative, frenetic, painfully funny, violently hyperclimactic sigh about the birth of a new American way of life

What's really cool about David Cronenberg movies is they make me feel like I should immediately go to the doctor for another check-up while also making me terrified to go to the doctor for another check-up

What I've gathered from the 7 Best Picture nominees I've seen so far (vague spoilers ahead):

ANORA: Labor gets fucked by the oligarchy

THE BRUTALIST: Art gets fucked by capitalism

THE SUBSTANCE: Beauty gets fucked by commodification

WICKED: Nonconformity gets fucked by fascism...

There's a conspiracy against the human race, Charlie Brown