Watching this for the first time in maybe 20 (!?) years, and in its own way it’s like seeing an old friend.
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Here 2024
Even for Zemeckis this can be so schmaltzy at times it can take you right out of what is otherwise a cool concept executed mostly well. I thought Paul Bettany's performance as the embittered alcohol soaked father unhappy with how hie life has turned out kind of saves this from just careening off into meaninglessness.
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Master Gardener 2022
The third of what is (intentional or not) an informal trilogy of ascetic and austere films from Schrader. I liked this about the same as The Card Counter. Which basically means there's some totally unique stuff thematically, and the writing is really captivating at times – but it's also so god damn clunky and lumbering as an actual film. I don't know how you can conjure a narrative like this and then just do such a poor job stitching the…
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Nosferatu 2024
Is it just a thing that if you see this in theatre you’re guaranteed to have the experience ruined by people who won’t shut the fuck up?
Lots to say about this but I feel I need to see it again to really evaluate it or place it in Eggers’ catalogue.
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Sweety Barrett 1998
Part 1 of my attempt to watch every Cillian Murphy film on Letterboxd (I'm calling it the Murphy Cill-ection) in chronological order.
1/64: Sweety Barrett
Previously Seen: NoSweety Barrett (or "The Tale of Sweety Barrett", not sure which is the actual correct title) is an Irish tragicomedy about a large, simple-minded man who is laid off from his job in a travelling circus, and finds a new life in a dreary seaside town that is under the grip of…
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