Brendan Stoehr

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Favorite films

  • Ran
  • High and Low
  • Seven Samurai
  • Phantom Thread

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  • Black Narcissus

    ★★★★

  • Mirror

    ★★★★★

  • Police Story

    ★★★½

  • The Truman Show

    ★★★½

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  • Black Narcissus

    Black Narcissus

    ★★★★

    This is one of the best shot movies of all time.

  • Mirror

    Mirror

    ★★★★★

    Arthouse Movie: The Movie 

    Every artistic, non-linear indie movie has stolen from this shamelessly for 50 years. 

    Clearly inspired by Dostoevsky, Bergman, and oddly enough, 2001, Tarkovsky focuses his lens on the tumult and sullen nature of the Soviet Union. 

    Haunting. Beautiful. Lyrical. Opaque. 

    There’s not a clear way through this, but the breathtaking cinematography, the eerie score, wonderful performances, and overall feeling of the movie linger long after it ends. I think I need to watch it again to fully wrap my head around it, but not to understand why this is considered a masterpiece.

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  • Asteroid City

    Asteroid City

    ★★★½

    Margot Robbie AND Scarlett Johansson going for Jason Schwartzman is the best thing to happen to short men since Prince.

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    ★★★★★

    Hal singing made me cry. I think I should go to therapy or something.

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