If you share my tastes, you might dig my film review podcast Esoterica Cinema. We look at lesser known films from across cinematic history.
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The Ninth Configuration 1980
What the fuck, dude?
And not in a fun way but like in a "why does this movie exist at all" sort-of way.
There's no plot. There's no story. They managed to somehow make Stacy Keach look less than phenomenal (hard to do).
Just an utter waste of time from top to bottom.
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Beau Is Afraid 2023
Don't listen to a lot of these critics, this is a bad, bad film. For all of the insane ideas it presents, it somehow manages the impressive feat of being incredibly boring for most of its excruciatingly indulgent 3 hr runtime.
A ton of credit goes to Production Designer Fiona Crombie, who knocks it out of the park and does a ton of heavy lifting, alongside cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski.
Joaquin Phoenix also does great from an acting perspective, as he…
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