Nick Karlin

Nick Karlin

Favorite films

  • Dawn of the Dead
  • Cherry 2000
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Safe

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  • Collateral

    ★★★★

  • Dr. Caligari

    ★★★★

  • 99 Women

    ★★½

  • Foxcatcher

    ★★★★★

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  • Dr. Caligari

    Dr. Caligari

    ★★★★

    The granddaughter of the original Dr. Caligari is in charge of an insane asylum of sorts, performing grotesque experiments while lots of kinky sex goes down — literally.

    I actually kind of liked this bizarre low-budget oddity, loaded with nudity and gross imagery.  It easily could’ve spilled over into the obnoxious, and managed to avoid doing so. 

    Watching it I thought it was like that old porno Cafe Flesh meets Pee-Wee’s Playhouse.  Come to find out, it was the same…

  • 99 Women

    99 Women

    ★★½

    Watched it this time without the hardcore inserts in the French cut.  Was better, but not great women-in-prison flick.  

    Some cool, striking visuals during the flashback scenes.

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  • Poor Things

    Poor Things

    ★★½

    A young girl's strange, erotic journey from Milan to Minsk.

  • Killing Me Softly

    Killing Me Softly

    ★★★½

    This was fucking absurd.  It felt like a parody of erotic thrillers… but actually funny because there were parts where I laughed my ass off.  

    Glossy and has a nice music score.  

    I watched the unrated version.  You can access it as an “Extra” of the title on HBO Max, but I doubt it adds much.  There was a lot of bumping and grinding that went on a little long.  And I’m a perv.

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