Illmaddock

Illmaddock

Favorite films

  • The Player
  • Puzzle of a Downfall Child
  • Old Boyfriends
  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers

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  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    ★★★★★

  • Thelma & Louise

    ★★★★★

  • The Departed

    ★★★★★

  • Fool for Love

    ★★★½

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  • A Streetcar Named Desire

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    ★★★★★

    Alright so I didn’t actually rewatch it BUT I did see it off broadway in Brooklyn staring Paul Mescal and will for sure be rewatching it sometime this week. I really just want to post some of my favorite quotes from it having read the play seen the movie and now seen the play.

    I don't want realism. I want magic! Yes, yes, magic! I try to give that to people. I misrepresent things to them. I don't tell the…

  • Thelma & Louise

    Thelma & Louise

    ★★★★★

    “Well, i’m not on drugs, but I might be crazy!”

    Easily my favorite Ridley Scott Americana effort—Thelma & Louise is a top 10 all-timer for me, and my first rewatch only confirmed that. I recently watched an interview with him from the ’90s where he said that sometimes it takes an outsider to really appreciate the American landscape—and visually, appreciate it he does. Long, wide establishing shots color the terrain in hues of green, blue, and brown, like a pastel painting.…

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★★½

    Just very entertaining. The three leads were great, soundtrack was great. Also liked the late 2000s nostalgia (which is a terrifying concept I’m old wow.) An energized movie start to finish. Its a tennis summer letterboxd readers and I gotta get my racket restrung

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