#the novice
Favorite films of 2021
Spencer (Pablo Larraín)
Language Lessons (Natalie Morales)
Hive (Blerta Basholli)
Holler (Nicole Riegel)
The Novice (Lauren Hadaway)
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (Lili Horvát)
Wildfire (Cathy Brady)
Sisterhood (Dina Duma)
Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)
Beans (Tracey Deer)
Saint Maud (Rose Glass)
Charter (Amanda Kernell)
Minari (Lee Isaac Chung)
Dune: Part One (Denis Villeneuve)
Luzzu (Alex Camilleri)
Boiling Point (Philip Barantini)
Old Henry (Potsy Ponciroli)
The Power (Corinna Faith)
Censor (Prano Bailey-Bond)
Pig (Michael Sarnoski)
Kindred (Joe Marcantonio)
docu: Lily Topples The World (Jeremy Workman)
On this shitty shitty day, of all times, I finally finished connecting the pieces in why I love The Novice so much: it’s a power fantasy, (which I knew) specifically in the sense that I wish I were both as capable of Alex Dall, and as satisfied with the very concept of achievement in the abstract. I wish I could get that high, that sense of self-worth from just doing something really hard really well, but I can’t.
