an b.

an b.

Favorite films

  • Heat
  • In the Cut
  • Withnail & I
  • The Last Picture Show

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  • Three Colours: Blue

    ★★★★

  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • No Country for Old Men

    ★★★★½

  • Heat

    ★★★★★

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  • The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

    ★★★★½

    thou shalt not act as though thou art too cool for the dark knight on 35mm
    -jesus

  • Birth

    Birth

    ★★★★★

    the spellbinding, otherworldly nature of this film was dramatically undercut by goons at the music box—and not a small minority, but at least half of a full house—laughing at revelatory moments happening on an emotional and intellectual plane inaccessible to them. i try not to be on my snobby shit too much and begrudge other modes of moviegoing but i also thank god this wasn't my first viewing because it truly dented if not outright ruined the experience of this…

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  • Promising Young Woman

    Promising Young Woman

    ★½

    if anyone was able to squeeze a drop of enjoyment out of this unmitigated trash then i’ll let them have it. to me, any awards buzz around this rubbish is glaringly symptomatic of the academy’s disease at large. take a pea-brained morsel of a topical social issue, throw weighty names at it, slick it in #goodvibesonly pseudo-aesthetic, sit back and watch the mainstream gobble it up. it’s not film, it’s politics. it’s not “progressive”; it’s cotton candy. movies like this signal the death of art. fuck this movie. i could have done my taxes ten times instead of watching this

  • The Pillow Book

    The Pillow Book

    ★★★★★

    Literal porn