jamesmcoble

jamesmcoble

Favorite films

  • Do the Right Thing
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  • 12 Angry Men
  • Notorious

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  • Crimes of Passion

    ★★★

  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • Michael Clayton

    ★★★★★

  • Blood Simple

    ★★★★

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  • Maria

    Maria

    ★½

    Much like Larraín’s other films, I liked everything but the damn movie here.

  • Last Summer

    Last Summer

    ★★½

    Almost literally like watching porn for the story.

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  • The Seventh Seal

    The Seventh Seal

    ★★★★★

    There’s a lot to unpack and admire in The Seventh Seal. Has there ever been a better representation of death in film? What continues to stand out most to me is how Bergman directly addresses, dissects, and nearly exhausts his big question: What is the meaning of life? Many have knocked this off, but very few have been able to do a better job in asking these questions and coming to grips with the fact that there aren’t too many…

  • Raging Bull

    Raging Bull

    ★★★★★

    I haven’t watched this movie in a long time, and I recently watched it as part of the Sight & Sound list. And now I’m left wondering, “Is this the best movie ever made?” I’ve always adored it, as much as you can adore something as brutal as this, but this is the first time that it really hit me in its entirety as a truly brilliant complete work of art. Every scene, every detail, every frame. Meticulously executed. Wearing its inspirations on its sleeve. I cannot overstate how beautiful and impactful this movie is.