Jay

Jay

Eugenia: So what did God say to St. Catherine?
Domenico: "You are she who is not, but I am He who is."

Favorite films

  • Nostalgia
  • La La Land
  • Unforgiven
  • In the Mood for Love

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  • Fury

    ★★★★

  • Harry Brown

    ★½

  • The Wicker Man

    ★★★½

  • Witness for the Prosecution

    ★★★★

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  • Fury

    Fury

    ★★★★

    Everyone in this movie rules. Would’ve loved if the second act was a half-hour longer.

  • Harry Brown

    Harry Brown

    ★½

    Hairy Brown: John Wick for Tories.

    “Geezer mag-dumping roadmen for an hour forty-five” should be an easy slam dunk, but instead it became a case study in how to do neo-noir poorly.

    For some reason the score and cinematography were phenomenal, really confusing stuff. Not worth putting up with the rest, though.

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  • Synecdoche, New York

    Synecdoche, New York

    ★★★★★

    “God is dead… and we have killed Him.”

    What place does philosophy have in the modern West? The theatre. By whom do we define our purpose? The next person. And where do we find our meaning in a banal culture? The doctor’s office.

    Synecdoche is a meditation on Man’s nature in a place that defies all due regard for a higher will. The stage play does not tell of heroic victories and catastrophic tragedies. People are tools for pleasure and…

  • The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    ★★★★

    This is a writer’s film that succeeds at so much by using so little. A Christmas classic, definitely going in the yearly December rotation.

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