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Moody Movies: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), Hard Truths (2024), Paying For It (2024), Pi (1998), The Living End (1992)
Welcome back to Moody Movie Club! In this episode, Kylie and Elliott reflect on what it means to stifle a part of yourself, witness a uniquely heavy movie, take pride in Canadian art, attend a viewing seventeen years in the making, and get irresponsible with Gregg Araki.
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