Pearl is surprisingly good!

Pearl, if you haven't seen it, features a performance by Mia Goth...who I admit had never impressed me before, that is fucking Oscar-worthy. Of course, as a horror movie, it's unlikely to draw real attention, and that's a crime.

She has a 9 minute single take monologue that is absolutely perfect.

I liked X okay, and expected this to be a bit of a letdown. I didn't expect it to surpass the original, and, indeed, almost every horror movie of the last 10 years.

I would like to shake the hand of everyone involved. It's beautiful work.