Tom Collins

Tom Collins

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  • Sans Soleil
  • Birth

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  • The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

  • Wild at Heart

    ★★★★

  • Wings of Desire

    ★★★★½

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    ★★★★

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  • The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

    The Practice of Architecture: Visiting Peter Zumthor

    I wonder if Frampton was trying to ingratiate Zumthor when he stopped to point out the beautiful blue light of the mountains. It came off a little pre-planned, as if Frampton were trying to show the cameras and Zumthor what an observant phenomenologist he is. Zumthor didn't seem to care much.

  • Wings of Desire

    Wings of Desire

    ★★★★½

    This is basically a masterpiece

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★

    I haven’t been more excited for a movie in ages. As a lover of east coast US and specifically Philadelphia modernism - Louis Kahn especially - I felt like this was made for me. The cinematography, look, costumes, score are virtually all perfect. I weirdly don’t mind the heavy Fountainhead influence, as long as nobody starts treating it as gospel (it is strange however that Brady Corbet would borrow so heavily from such a libertarian text when he seems at…

  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★★

    So incredibly badass. Fun watching a protagonist that is spiritually possessed and power hungry - earnest nobility a la Luke Skywalker would have killed this. The Carlo Scarpa moment felt like a micro-tribute to Blade Runner’s iconic use of the Ennis House, but maybe I’m just being nerdy…

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