jalaugh2

jalaugh2

Favorite films

  • Eraserhead
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • Ratatouille

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  • Shoot the Piano Player

    ★★★½

  • Raging Bull

    ★★★½

  • Dunkirk

    ★★★½

  • No Country for Old Men

    ★★★★

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  • Suicide Squad

    Suicide Squad

    ½

    mfw i cant speak good guy

  • Taxi Driver

    Taxi Driver

    ★★★★

    Second viewing, I feel like my opinion is cemented more clearly. I mean, it’s Taxi Driver, it’s about as perfect as a film can be.

    It’s potently atmospheric but moves at a buttery smooth pace. It paints an intricate portrait of New York highlighted by an incredibly strong ensemble while not losing focus on one of the greatest characters in film history. It’s provocative but not tasteless. It’s striking but not obvious. It’s a film which so meticulously crafts it’s…

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  • About Endlessness

    About Endlessness

    ★★★★

    It’s a weird feat to make a film whose world is simultaneously alive and dead. The unmoving camera harmonizes with clear, crisp sound design and deceptively intricate blocking. The muted landscape punctuates every drop of saturation. Each pale face which wrinkles in sorrow or fear or anger splinters through the frozen atmosphere which surrounds it.

    At its core, the film is running along a double helix of optimism and pessimism. 

    As it jumps from person to person, the grey sky…

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