Matthew

Matthew

Favorite films

  • Trainspotting
  • The Last Picture Show
  • An Elephant Sitting Still
  • Oslo, August 31st

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  • Capturing the Friedmans

  • Biutiful

  • Distant

  • The Lives of Others

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  • Capturing the Friedmans

    Capturing the Friedmans

    Very poignant and up-close documentary of what a case like this does to a family. Lot of home video tapes here that archive what is virtually never captured on film, scenes that even the people involved admit to misremembering, and so this documentary aside from being well-composed in its own right is important for its unique point of view.

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★½

    Definitely need to rewatch it before I know how I feel for sure, but this first impression left me pretty disappointed. Feels like Eggers goal began and ended with making “a Nosferatu movie,” recapitulating a story that’s been parodied since before any of us were alive, just as he recapitulated Hamlet with The Northman. It’s sleek, well-shot, but without a voice of its own.

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  • Funny Games

    Funny Games

    ★★★★★

    I don’t even know what to say. This goddamn thing has me at a loss for words.

    No synopsis or recommendation that I could even attempt to give would be able to describe the nature of this film. It’s something you have to see to believe, and even then I still can’t believe what I just watched. 

    If you feel as if horror as a genre is stale, this right here is the film for you.


    p.s: If you like the hardcore music in this, listen to Jeromes Dream

  • Chungking Express

    Chungking Express

    ★★★★★

    *Watched as part of an online film raffle*

    As a first foray into the "World of Wong Kar Wai", I wasn't sure of what to expect. I've heard talk of Kar-wai's genius and how the products of it are comparable to some of the most well-regarded films yet made, but I was never braced for any specific kind of impact that his films could hit me with. Having just finished his third film, "Chungking Express", I can somewhat understand why…