Kirk Holland

Kirk Holland

Favorite films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Inherent Vice
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  • The Man Who Fell to Earth

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  • Trainspotting

    ★★★★★

  • Chaos: The Manson Murders

    ★★★½

  • Dad's Chicken

    ½

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★★★

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  • Trainspotting

    Trainspotting

    ★★★★★

    Perhaps my favorite Miramax production, my favorite film released the year that I was born, one of my favorite ‘90s cult classics and hands down one of my favorite films of all-time. This and its New Hollywood predecessor, Mean Streets, are actually some of the films that made me fall in love with cinema and inspired me to become a filmmaker. This is the British equivalent of the type of stylish indie filmmaking involving the criminal underworld and set to…

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • Nixon

    Nixon

    ★★★★½

    A staggering portrayal. Despite looking very little like the real man, Hopkins manages to completely transform himself into Tricky Dick through subtle body language and contortions. That teethy grin and of course that unmistakable grumbling voice. As a film, it’s stylistically very similar to Stone’s JFK and thus almost functions as a spiritual sequel of sorts. What distinguishes this political biopic, however, is that here Stone manages to completely eschew the kind of dishonesty and agenda he’s frequently accused of…

  • Joker: Folie à Deux

    Joker: Folie à Deux

    Despite being far less derivative and having more of its own bizarre, almost experimental creative spark, this “antisequel” is a commentary on the incel fan culture that built up around the first film. The storyline is exceptionally more tragic. Also, the masses and comic book fans have been spoiled on connected cinematic universe bullshit for the last ten years. That’s why this is being met with such a negative reception.

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