Allan

Allan Pro

Favorite films

  • 8½
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • Vertigo

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  • Gloria

  • The Circle

    ★½

  • Guns of the Trees

    ★★★★

  • Let's Make Love

    ★★

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  • The Circle

    The Circle

    ★½

    There is clearly a satirical element to this movie that is just missing. I can’t imagine that the film is supposed to treat these plot developments as seriously as it does. It saps all the personality out of any of the characters and it becomes hard to get on the same wavelength with the film. It feels like it wants to be more of a dark satirical comedy, but the filmmakers won’t let it go there. Add on top of…

  • Guns of the Trees

    Guns of the Trees

    ★★★★

    I mean, if you’re going to just read Allen Ginsberg to me over some beautifully shot footage, I’m going to be on board every time. This movie really does exemplify the approach of emphasizing emotion and feeling over logic and plot and, if you can go along with it, it is an incredibly powerful portrait of meaning making in life (especially given the film’s circular and repetitive structure) and the need for more joy in society, even in the face…

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  • Spin the Bottle

    Spin the Bottle

    I can’t believe how heavily this movie relied on the word “Barista” as a insult to build character development. Like what is going on here?

  • Funeral Parade of Roses

    Funeral Parade of Roses

    ★★★★

    This movie is inventive in its combination of documentary, arthouse, and experimental cinema in a flurry of comedy and tragedy. The visuals alone are worth the price of admission. There is something so alluring about how fearless this film is to be itself and to exist both at the margins and outside the conventional trappings of movies and cinematic language. This is one of the few films that allows itself to revel completely in its own queerness.

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