Aaron Farrell

Aaron Farrell

Is their any art more collaborative and inclusive than Film?

A question worth staying to the end credits to find out.

Favorite films

  • The Dark Knight
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Blade Runner

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  • Velvet Buzzsaw

    ★★★★

  • I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

    ★★★½

  • Knife+Heart

    ★★★★

  • Cobain: Montage of Heck

    ★★★★★

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  • Velvet Buzzsaw

    Velvet Buzzsaw

    ★★★★

    Smog Orange? Did he buy it at a sale?

  • I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

    I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

    ★★★½

    A truly madcapped rom-com with more idiosyncrasies than a community party at Twin Peaks, as much zaniness as a Lonely Island film and a little less heart (fittingly with its premise) than One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. If expect no less from Chan-Wook, even if I didn't know what expectations I had going in but this film fizzes like sherbet the tongue.

    With a cast of mentally ill characters that believe; fluffy socks can me them fly, walking backward…

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  • Pet Sematary

    Pet Sematary

    ★½

    With dialogue so bad I expected Tommy Wiseau to pop up with a "Oh hi Mark," to match the incessant chanting of names (a common sign of poor dialogue), Pet Sematary is cliche riddled attempt to revive a film better left dead.

    The forewarning (trucks travelling at lightspeed), foreboding (dead folks speaking, limitless acres of spooky land, hammered home backstory's of a married couple who've never had a conversation before the film started, etc, etc,) and foreplay (which the trailer…

  • Shoplifters

    Shoplifters

    ★★★★★

    Here's an review/reflection on one of last year's most endearing films.

    readysteadycut.com/2019/03/26/reflecting-on-shoplifters-and-poverty/