Erica Stevens

Erica Stevens

I once watched 366 movies in a year (and wrote a dissertation).

Favorite films

  • Wild Strawberries
  • Diary of a Country Priest
  • The Descent
  • Marie Antoinette

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  • Secrets & Lies

    ★★★★

  • A Real Pain

    ★★½

  • Red Rooms

    ★★★

  • Presence

    ★★★★

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  • Secrets & Lies

    Secrets & Lies

    ★★★★

    I really think the movie is more about Hortense’s grief over her deceased mum than I initially realized.

  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★½

    This movie hinges on the idea that I don’t find Benji to be totally unlikeable even in moments when he’s “charming.”

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  • I Saw the TV Glow

    I Saw the TV Glow

    ★★★★

    His head on his mother's lap sets the tone for this horror movie without typical scares. I understand that there's terror for the characters, fear, anguish, trauma, dread, but I still want to call this experience "horror without horror" because it follows almost none of the genre rules. Horror as color and framing, not as plot.

    The end reminded me of the end of I'm Thinking of Ending Things (which was the only part of that movie I liked and,…

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

    ★★★★

    This is what I want. A horror movie that’s like a thought experiment of the most fucked up thought you could have. Not an ounce of humor.

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