Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Another Woman 1988

  ★★★ Rewatched 28 Feb 2025

  Woody/Bergman deep cut. How can a man who molests children be so perceptive about a middle-aged woman’s thoughts and fears? They’re his, too! Woody is another woman! Another wood-man, yes? Nothing except the work is his philosophy. You stop working and you’re dead, like a shark. That bun in Mia’s oven isn’t padding, either, and that fuckin’ kid's gonna one-up Rosemary’s baby. I remember the Satie music being less something – felt like I was watching Kabuki theater at times!…

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  Crossing Delancey 1988

  ★★★½ Rewatched 20 Feb 2025

  Circumcision is painless!

Popular reviews

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  The Wounded Man 1983

  ★★★½ Watched 12 Feb 2019

  Proof that homosexuality is a million times less gay when it's presented as the subculture of switchblade discotheques and "I have no choice, I'm an illegal immigrant" men's room quickies.

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  Joyride 1977

  ★★★½ Rewatched 02 Nov 2017

  Deftly captures the rush of being young and dumb, riding around in an old American car and watching your breath in the cold morning. A heartfelt coming of age picture, JOYRIDE transcends its generic drive-in origins very quickly, aided and abetted by plenty o' flannel, Eskimo hootch, 70s tits, dazzling Pacific Northwest locations, and Robert Carradine's soul. Second-generation Hollywood royalty or not, life is hard for these kids -- a few bad choices and they're eating dog food for dinner.…