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I'm Thinking of Ending Things ❄️

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Karl Delossantos
Sep 14, 2020
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Happy Monday! I hope you had a terrific and inspiring weekend. I’m trying something a little different this week. Below I’ve included my full review of the new psychological thriller / relationship black comedy / horror film I’m Thinking of Ending Things, directed by Charlie Kaufman. It’s streaming exclusively on Netflix. Here’s the trailer.

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Loneliness is a prison. The memories, regrets, and what-ifs of life become trapped on repeat in your head forming a blend of reality and fantasy in your psyche in an effort to fill the void of silence that it creates. In the time of the coronavirus pandemic that feeling may hit closer to home, which is why Charlie Kaufman’s newest film I’m Thinking of Ending Things—now streaming on Netflix—feels so effective.

Each of the film’s three acts takes place largely in isolated locations—a car on a snowy country road, a remote farmhouse, and an empty high school nestled far from the road in the wo…

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