On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.The Pitch: Sad Puppy-Seeing Soccer Himbo Seeks Refugee SonFor lovers of soccer and movies about hot guys being dumb, it’s been the highest of highs and the lowest of lows lately.“Barbie” became a bona fide cultural phenomenon by giving us something we never knew we needed: Ryan Gosling running around as a sexy Beach professional who does a shockingly decent Rob Thomas impression despite having nothing going on behind his eyes.
The performance was a reminder that men are just as capable of playing the ditzy sidekick as…
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