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Bruce Lee and the Outlaw (2018)
Deeply affecting
I started out thinking that this was going to be a kind of human interest story in a similar vein to Dark Days, the documentary about the homeless who used to inhabit disused subway systems in New York. What 'Bruce Lee and the Outlaw' quickly became was a far more devastating film about a boy's fight for belonging and, ultimately, survival. There is warmth and humanity but there are also the ubiquitous bags of Aurolac that all of the street children constantly huff at.
Booksmart (2019)
A warmer, kinder gross-out comedy
Whilst there are some pacing issues to overcome in the middle act, this is nonetheless a thoroughly enjoyable, vibrant and warm take on gross-out/teen coming of age comedies.
The two leads have a thoroughly likeable chemistry. Their classmates have been written in a way that veers away from crueller, crasser archetypes found in the likes of Mean Girls and American Pie. Despite this, the dialogue is satisfyingly profane and the humour wallows happily in the gutter without stagnating.
Other points worth mentioning include the gorgeous palate of the cinematography and Dan the Automator's rousing soundtrack.