Leon Rotenstein

Leon Rotenstein

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  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

    ★★★★★

  • Porco Rosso

    ★★★★

  • Mississippi Burning

    ★★★★★

  • Happy Feet

    ★★★★★

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  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

    Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

    ★★★★★

    Still a classic. Still slaps. 🇰🇿

  • Porco Rosso

    Porco Rosso

    ★★★★

    Visually compelling (especially Marco’s plane) with a genuine message about individualism and carving out your own path (despite the circumstances around you). I do wish there was more of a resolution to the curse, but the implication of an alternative happy ending was satisfying enough. 

    “I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.” Is still the best line though. 🐷

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★★

    Simply put: a beautiful film. Maybe it doesn’t fully accomplish everything it sets out to do—but this rumination on the (Jewish) immigrant experience and the American Dream feels so real and so raw. The actors kill it; each shot is a painting—and so intentional; and the struggle between art and capitalism is as bare as the brutalist architecture our hero builds. Worth watching, examining, and hopefully it stands the test of time.

    Addendum upon further thought: this was a profound film. Every aspect of the story contributes to the larger metaphor and the loose ends actually contribute as well. This movie is genius.

  • Robin Hood: Men in Tights

    Robin Hood: Men in Tights

    ★★★★

    Some jokes were a little cringey but the thing still holds up!
    No one does comedy like Mel Brooks does anymore. Seth Macfarlane might be a good standard bearer in terms of vibe today…but nothing beats Rabbi Tuckman 🕍

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