Francis Rowland

Francis Rowland

Favorite films

  • Taxi Driver
  • Mirror
  • The Master
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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  • Loves of a Blonde

    ★★★★

  • Barry Lyndon

    ★★★★½

  • Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    ★★½

  • Get Rich or Die Tryin'

    ★★½

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  • Loves of a Blonde

    Loves of a Blonde

    ★★★★

    Beautiful film, I felt like I was eves dropping the entire time, if only more movies felt this way. Forman captures hopelessness with such grace and humor. Be weary of the boy who wants to “read your palm”.

  • Barry Lyndon

    Barry Lyndon

    ★★★★½

    Incredible… Gorgeous film. My heart weeps for Bryan and I hope to make the acquaintance of a Chevalier de Balibari.

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  • Blue Collar

    Blue Collar

    ★★★★

    Plight of the working man set to big blues brawn. Bar rooms, union halls and heavy machinery. Paul Schrader illuminates the ways in which the powers that be distort our reality, leaving us to blame each other while the MAN breaks you down.

  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    ★★½

    Overall a disappointing effort at yet another adaptation of the classic war novel. If this film benefits from anything it’s a large budget and modern production techniques. A movie that tries to do too much and consequently comes up short. Being the third adaptation of the Novel one can’t blame the writers for wanting to do something fresh with the nearly 100 year old story. They attempt this by involving cartoonish depictions of German military aristocracy, and political ambassadors. Although…