Benjamin

Benjamin

Too Swish. They/Them

Favorite films

  • Jaws
  • Klute
  • The Power of the Dog
  • Road House

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  • Silkwood

    ★★★★

  • Essene

    ★★★★★

  • Mysterious Skin

    ★★★½

  • Hour of the Wolf

    ★★★

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  • Silkwood

    Silkwood

    ★★★★

    Always forgetting that Kurt Russell has got it like that

    Really, REALLY rewarding to see Cher and Meryl work together, as Meryl is the true shapeshifter we all know she is and Cher, though an unreal talent, is always a different manifestation of Cher. Star quality in this is insane and I, in some ways, appreciated the quick stop at the end that emphasizes the complete mystery. But I think the intrigue continued and we lose some of that.

  • Mysterious Skin

    Mysterious Skin

    ★★★½

    Michelle :(

    Wasn't sure if I was gonna still appreciate this since I think I saw this at 11 lol the same year my sister showed me Kill Bill to comfort me after my dog died

    Still gutting, still quite beautiful. Gregg Araki's 90s-does-70s palette abandons its usual swagger, finding something more sickly sweet. I kinda thought I might find him too heavy-handed to approach the subject of child sexual abuse, but he is at his lightest here without losing the saturation.

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  • Cruising

    Cruising

    ★★★★

    Delicious. Troubling in its descent, as Steve finds himself losing his grip on heterosexuality (the horror!) as he becomes further embedded in the hypermasc, brutal, but also FUN world of leather, but I'll allow it. It generally feels less like it's condemning a subculture, as many argue, and more that it's just showing a quiet boy from queens as he works out his kinks.

    BIG giant credit to the Coolidge for the quality version and the sound, but truly the…

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★½

    Great crosses beautiful crosses but kinda boring lmao. Needed to be like 30% more pornographic