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Saturday, August 30, 2025

Bones And All (2022)

A young teenage cannibal (Taylor Russell) is abandoned by her non cannibal father (Andre Holland) when she turns 18. She goes on the road heading for Minnesota where she hopes to reunite with her mother (Chloe Sevigny) who abandoned her when she was a little girl. While on the road, she connects with another cannibal (Timothee Chalamet), a drifter and they fall in love. Based on the novel by Camille DeAngelis and directed by Luca Guadagnino (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME). Although its subject matter is gross and disturbing, director Guadagnino puts the emphasis on the relationship between Russell and Chalamet, two misfits on the fringe of society struggling to maintain a semblance of normality when they are anything but. They are what they are, it was not a choice (the film suggests its genetic) and like ROMEO AND JULIET, it's a romance that is doomed through no fault of their own. The supporting cast is excellent including Mark Rylance (genuinely creepy), Jessica Harper, Michael Stuhlbarg and Jake Horowitz.

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