Stephen Campbell

Stephen Campbell

I was born. Then I grew up. Now I'm an adult. That's the rumour anyway. I have my doubts.

Favorite films

  • The Thin Red Line
  • Heat
  • The Tree of Life
  • Requiem for a Dream

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  • Lee

    ★★★

  • Val

    ★★★★

  • The Staircase

    ★★★½

  • The Staircase

    ★★★★

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  • The Outsider

    The Outsider

    ★★★½

    Starts very strong but the narrative weakens as the show progresses

    Tuvo a todo el mundo en poco;
    fue el espantajo y el coco
    del mundo, en tal coyuntura,
    que acreditó su ventura
    morir cuerdo y vivir loco.

    - Miguel de Cervantes; El ingenioso caballero don Quijote de La Mancha (1615)

    Reality is thin ice, but most people skate on it their whole lives and never fall through until the very end. We did fall through, but we helped each…

  • Too Old to Die Young

    Too Old to Die Young

    ★★★★

    I loved it, but this is the definition of "not for everyone"

    It's about female empowerment in a world that is enormously dark and male-dominated. The idea of what is going on in the U.S. with men and women…where it's about the control of female bodies or how women are objectified, there's a sense of hatred I sensed and it terrified me as I have a wife and daughters. It was also very important that everything that was macabre and…

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  • What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    ★★★★½

    A gift for the fans, especially those of us who have long extolled just how pioneering the show was

    At zero-eight-hundred hours, station time, the Romulan Empire formally declared war against the Dominion. They've already struck fifteen bases along the Cardassian border. So, this is a huge victory for the good guys! This may even be the turning point of the entire war! There's even a "Welcome to the Fight" party tonight in the wardroom…So…I lied. I cheated. I bribed…

  • Climax

    Climax

    ★★★★½

    A disgusting, morally reprehensible work of insane genius

    LSD or mainly alcohol can bring you back to a more reptilian way of thinking, you are not human anymore. It is all about survival, about reproducing the species, about sex and domination. The moment we start losing control of the logical brain we go to a psychotic way of thinking.

    - Gaspar Noé
    "Gaspar Noé on why his orgiastic Cannes sensation Climax should be shown to kids: 'It's very educational'" (Kaleem…

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