Billy Galant

Billy Galant

Made this so I don't forget every movie I've ever seen

Liked = great movie or I at least had fun watching it

Favorite films

  • Back to the Future
  • Oldboy
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Boyz n the Hood

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  • Ani*Kuri15: Good Morning

  • Perfect Blue

  • The Swimmer

  • The Mist

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  • Ani*Kuri15: Good Morning

    Ani*Kuri15: Good Morning

    Logging this on Letterboxd is like getting an achievement for completing the tutorial

  • Perfect Blue

    Perfect Blue

    This is probably worth a rewatch as the ending not only provides a ton more context, but it also made the entire plot much more compelling than "the creepiest guy ever stalks a celebrity".

    I also wish there were more modern stories like this (not you, Black Swan) because there's just no way they could have predicted what parasocial relationships have become. You could make an entire movie about CHAM entering their "flop era" after Mima left

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  • Bamboozled

    Bamboozled

    A little rough around the edges and the Mau Maus lead to some of the more bizarre narrative choices, but otherwise there's so much commentary here that is absolutely spot on, and in many ways (unfortunately) hasn't aged a day. Covers basically all angles of what it truly means to be able to succeed in Hollywood as a Black person.

    And yes, this is technically an "uncomfortable watch", but it feels pretty reductive to say that when it's effectively the…

  • Game Night

    Game Night

    Action-comedy-romance is a nightmare of a genre combo but Game Night pulled it off better than it frankly had any right to. Great amount of legitimately funny moments, a story that doesn't pull out *every* trope, and some actually nice cinematography?? Whoever thought to include the various tilt shift shots is a genius seriously

    Probably one of the best action comedies I've seen, and you can already see some copycats popping up

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