Jay

Jay

pretentious drabbles

Favorite films

  • The Lighthouse
  • The Power of the Dog
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • Crimson Peak

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  • My Own Private Idaho

    ★★★★★

  • The Pale Blue Eye

    ★★★★½

  • The Wonder

    ★★★½

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  • My Own Private Idaho

    My Own Private Idaho

    ★★★★★

    My Own Private Idaho is what all art yearns to be. This film encompasses the deranged beauty of every type of artistic medium and combines them into something which scrapes at the deepest part of the human consciousness. The performances are beautiful, the cinematography is otherworldly, the writing is (aptly) Shakespearean. I can find no flaws in this piece, I just want to devour every part of it.

  • The Pale Blue Eye

    The Pale Blue Eye

    ★★★★½

    An absolutely fantastic and chilling period piece. This movie was able to capture the chilling, unease of a gothic novel with a perfectly balanced mystery and beautiful costumes. Bravo.

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  • The Wonder

    The Wonder

    ★★★½

    This is a very good movie but had the potential to be a truly great one. The stunning soundscape added quite a lot to the already eerie atmosphere created by the sparse dialogue and barren, grey landscape. The acting was superb and Florence Pugh, as always, was a delight. I wish there had been more attention paid to the beautiful details of the film such as the framing narrative and the reoccurring themes of what reality is and how one's…

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