Jacob Lange

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Favorite films

  • Leave Her to Heaven
  • Anora
  • The Substance
  • Niagara

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  • Black Dynamite

  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    ★★★★★

  • Bringing Up Baby

    ★★★★★

  • The Brutalist

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  • Black Dynamite

    Black Dynamite

    Bullhorn: You know he came around here about a week ago, with some cats that I had never seen before. Man, I mean these cats looked mean! Meaner than two fat motherfuckers wrestling over pork chops and greens, can you dig it?

    I don’t know what I was on back in 2009, but I somehow knew what greatness was. I could tell you exactly where I was when I first laid eyes on this cinematic masterpiece. My good pal Charlie’s…

  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    McCabe & Mrs. Miller

    ★★★★★

    John McCabe: I've got poetry in me. I do. I've got poetry in me!

    While I have not seen many Robert Altman films (The Player, California Split) prior to watching the fantastic McCabe & Mrs. Miller, it is not hard to tell that Altman has a theme he likes to stick to. He makes movies about America and the ever sought after “American Dream.”

    In strolls McCabe to a town where he immediately sees opportunity. The people assume he’s a big…

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  • Barbie

    Barbie

    ★★★★½

    Catch me doing Michael Cera’s little jig at every wedding I attend until the end of time.

  • Saltburn

    Saltburn

    ★★½

    Venetia Catton: I don't think you're a spider, you're a moth. Quiet, harmless, drawn to shiny things, banging up against a window, and begging to get in.

    With Emerald Fennell, it feels like it’s always style over substance. While I was never bored watching Saltburn I found myself not agreeing with or really understanding why some of the choices were being made. Yes there’s a “twist” but it feels obvious, yet, the motivations leading to that twist feel unclear.

    The idea…