Duncan Shaw

Duncan Shaw

Favorite films

  • The Social Network
  • Burning
  • Heat
  • Call Me by Your Name

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  • Conclave

    ★★★★½

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★

  • Entourage

    ★★★½

  • Gladiator

    ★★★★★

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  • Conclave

    Conclave

    ★★★★½

    The best thriller of the year

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★

    It's a beautiful film and most of the performances are great, something about it just feels hollow. I wanted to be creeped out but the only sense of dread I felt was for my ears after every jump scare.

    Like most films these days it could've been 20 min shorter.

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  • Stalker

    Stalker

    ★★★★

    Feels pointless to leave a review for this but I can't help it. It's almost like my conscience feels the need to do something my subconscious doesn't...

    You will get out of this film what you put into it. Much like how faith can guide us to do great things and the absence of it can absolutely crush us, this film relies upon your investment in its pace and ideas.

    It will test your faith with its hypnotic pace and…

  • Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

    Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

    ★★★½

    The "No Country for Old Men" of investigative bureaucracy.

    Masterful use of tension and pace had me waiting for the other shoe to drop...until it never did.

    Felt like an incredible director challenging himself to make a thriller with no action or plot. And it mostly worked. The tension held up til the end, but the lack of catharsis left me wanting more.

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