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  BlacKkKlansman 2018

  ★★ Watched 25 Oct 2018 1

  If I have anything positive to say, it's that BlacKkKlansman is a mildly entertaining caper with solid work from John David Washington and Adam Driver. Otherwise, this is another in the swelling line of mediocre movies being touted as extraordinary because they're "woke." But outside of the last 2-3 legitimately powerful minutes, this is not angry enough. It's actually complacent, sanitized, and ridden with tepid tropes (obligatory romance subplot, bullshit action climax) that are commonly found in Hollywood bastardizations that…

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  Häxan 1922

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Oct 2018

  "One of my actresses insisted on trying the thumbscrew when we shot these pictures. I will not reveal the terrible confessions I forced from the young lady in less than a minute."

  That's downright endearing [in context]. After starting up this silent horror classic on witchcraft, I was surprised to find not only that it tells its story in documentary fashion, but in a remarkably lighthearted manner at that. Like a cheeky schoolbook where the authors sneak in their sense…

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  Twin Peaks: The Return 2017

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  Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985

  ★★★★½ Watched 29 Aug 2017 1

  As the common adage goes, the pen is mightier than the sword. Yukio Mishima would ask: "Why not both?"

  Like the title of the film indicates, this biographical account of the infamous 20th-century Japanese writer is told in four sequential parts. Each part chronicles a major period in the larger-than-life figure's story, substantiated by an abridged adaptation of one of his many celebrated literary works, and framed by the fateful events of November 25, 1970.

  This impeccably-crafted structure grants the…