Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Midori: The Camellia Girl 2016

  ★★ Watched 09 Oct 2024

  Shōjo Tsubaki is one of my all-time favorite comics* for its distinctive visions that have haunted me long after I closed its covers. It has a relative in no other narrative work outside of perhaps a vague likeness to Bataille's Story Of The Eye. It is one of those works we ought to label "unfilmable," not because its images cannot be recreated, but because the intangible tortured soul that links every panel will be destroyed in translation. 1993's anime adaptation…

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  Madhouse 1981

  ★★★½ Watched 07 Oct 2024

  Absolutely ludicrous but packed with plenty of neat ideas. Unfortunately none of those ideas coalesce together in any meaningful way but if we're going strictly off vibes, this is a top-tier sleaze-slasher for nodding out on an autumn evening.
  Gorgeous palette of rosy brown shadows shifting to golden whites and occasionally contrasted with forest greens. The stylish wardrobe, various locations, and set dressing are all A+.

  I was cackling at the unintentional hilarity of the protagonist having her deaf student…

Popular reviews

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  Messe Noire 1928

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Sep 2021

  Proto- Kenneth Anger silent film turns into hardcore porn

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  Blank Check 1994

  ½ Added 1

  Absolutely godless