At the movies of madness.
Favorite films
Recent activity
AllPinned reviews
More-
Priscilla 2023
“Have I lost you to another man?”
“You're losing me to a life of my own.”As a Sofia Coppola fan (and sometimes apologist), pinpointing exactly what makes many of her films so alluring is somewhat difficult. Hypnotic and mesmerizing, methodical yet free flowing can all describe her style, but what’s fascinating is how her films often unfold at such a deliberately slow pace while still remaining compelling, even when very little seems to happen. Her films prioritize atmosphere, emotion,…
Translated from by -
Megalopolis 2024
“Don't let the now destroy the forever.”
Call it a philosophically audacious spectacle, or an inconsistently confounding mess—perhaps both—there's no denying that Francis Ford Coppola's nearly 50-year passion project Megalopolis is a bold and personal exploration of art, civilization, and the chaos in between by one of cinema's greatest filmmakers.
Truly, here is a cinematic spectacle that compromises nothing, haphazardly gives everything, both understanding and critiquing the folly of a civilization built on the emptiness of such grand displays, while…
Translated from by
Recent reviews
More-
Kuso 2017
“This is garbage. Art is garbage.”
Whatever expectations one might have for Flying Lotus’s surreal collection of comedy-horror sketches, Kuso, it’s safe to say that deliberate discomfort and disgust was always part of the plan. Indeed, when others online have aptly described it as the unholy Afro-offspring of Tim & Eric, a late-night Adult Swim short, and The Garbage Pail Kids, as filtered through the surrealistic nightmares of David Lynch and the grotesque body horrors of Screaming Mad George, it immediately…
Translated from by -
Eaten Alive 1976
“You know, he's no ordinary gator. That's a croc. Gators, they can't move fast unless they're in the water. Oh, old croc, no, not the same. Outrun a horse!”
As is often the fate of many films that follow an unexpected hit (especially one that becomes a classic), Tobe Hooper’s Eaten Alive, his follow-up to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, inevitably pales in comparison, despite mining a lot of the same dead-end Southern American gothic aesthetic. Isolated backwoods settings, grotesque characters,…
Translated from by
Popular reviews
More-
Deep Blue Sea 1999
4K Arrow remaster
“Beneath this glassy surface, a world of gliding monsters.”
Long casts the shadow of Jaws, rightfully considered one of the greatest films ever made (an opinion I wholeheartedly share), that any shark movie before or after can only pale in comparison. While I tend to agree that comparison is often the thief of joy, it's hard not to measure every shark-centric thriller against Spielberg’s seminal blockbuster, as most fall laughably short, either leaning too hard into self-aware…
Translated from by -
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024
“The question is, do you have it in you to make it epic?”
After Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller could have ended his iconic post-apocalyptic series forever, and it’s doubtful many would have complained. Hollywood probably would have pushed for more, as it always does, but Fury Road was such a spectacular yet singular vision that simultaneously surpassed its predecessors while making any follow-up seem unlikely, even unnecessary, as nearly everyone rightfully accepted it could never be topped. It's…
Translated from by
