broamchalmsky

broamchalmsky

Favorite films

  • No Country for Old Men
  • Baraka
  • The Tree of Life
  • Heat

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  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★

  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

  • Vertigo

    ★★★★½

  • Mr. Deeds

    ★★★

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  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

    kind of stands against everything this year's other musical bobopic stood for, but definitely a better film

  • Vertigo

    Vertigo

    ★★★★½

    Woman casts her spell over man.
    Man enforces his authority over woman.

    "Somewhere in here I was born. And there I died. It was only a moment for you -- you took no notice."

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  • Apocalypto

    Apocalypto

    ★★★½

    This film opens with the quote: "A great civilisation is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within," laying its thesis out plainly for even the most undiscerning audiences. This was written by Will Durant about the Roman Empire, but applied here, especially with the film's closing scenes, it serves as a complete erasure of impending colonization, which led to the death of millions in Mesoamerica. The film's portrayal of the Mayan people's sadistic barbarism seems to…

  • Cats

    Cats

    Consensus seems to be that this is supremely boring, which is the worst thing a film can be. I had more fun sliding down the recliner seats into the row in front of me.

    Truly an awful choice as the rare film I've seen not under the influence of anything.

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