THE MORNING LIST
To cut some of the time spent watching TV during the holidays—which can easily disrupt family harmony—here are seven critically tested and approved “platformer” movie ideas. Worldfor all audiences.
“My future self”: how to say goodbye
Under this poorly translated title – the film is called in English my old ass –hides one of the most beautiful independent pearls of the year. It’s by Megan Park, a Canadian teen-comedy actress who has since moved behind the camera and the author of a notable first feature in 2021, Fall out. Adolescence also remains a subject of My old ass since we follow young Elliott in the summer of her 18th birthday as she prepares to leave her family and friends for university. One night, a mushroom trip leads him to meet his older double from the future. He looks and talks likeAubrey PlazaThe White Lotus)and this 39-year-old Elliott offers her some enigmatic advice, which the young woman is quick to not follow. His summer is turned upside down, and what could have been nothing more than a Sundance-style coming-of-age story turns out, thanks to the grace of its editing and actors, to be a deep and moving reflection on the end of childhood, the passing time and mourning, whatever its object. A pure miracle. At. F.
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