One room cracked up at a vulgar joke about a woman’s behind, while another went for an outrageous and surreal midfilm montage — but each bit was made genuinely funnier by the dozens of people gasping and wheezing over it.
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Robert Rubsam,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
The film wheezes through its less-than-80-minute running time, and no one seems all that sad to move on.
The dog was panting and shifting from one foot to the other.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
The city, which is the capital of the Emilia-Romagna region, is rich in porticoes—elegant arcaded structures that line the streets and allow the panting pedestrian, at any point, to flee the sunlight’s blaze and seek shade.
Through Blazy’s gaze, what looks outlandish is often revealed to be truer to itself than, for instance, the nearby tourist restaurants with candles burning down over beef bourguignon and accordions huffing in the corner.
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Nathan Heller,
Vogue,
14 Oct. 2025
Nitrous oxide powers whip cream canisters and sedates patients in dentists’ offices, but huffing it for fun can lead to addiction, injury and death.
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