Jamie Senft

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Favorite films

  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • Before Sunset
  • Chungking Express
  • Challengers

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  • The Electric State

    ½

  • The Lady Eve

    ★★★★½

  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • Wild at Heart

    ★★★★

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  • The Florida Project

    The Florida Project

    ★★

    The film's only response to how unlikeable the characters are seems to be "but they're poor," and that doesn't change the fact that the children actors constantly shriek and yell, in addition to bring crude, obnoxious, and bratty. A lead character who is under 10 years old and twerks, has a flair for arceny, and curses doesn't do it for me. Maybe that's because I was a reserved child and never liked rude children, but I didn't connect with the…

  • The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

    The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

    ★★★★

    A quite odd combination of (ironic?) pop songs, an over abundance of characters (despite leaving Jessica Chastain and Bella Thorne‘s roles on the cutting room floor), and a somewhat disoriented narrative structure. But despite those things, the performances are generally good and the good moments outweigh the bad.