jhderms

jhderms

Favorite films

  • The Conformist
  • Children of Men
  • Magnolia
  • The Florida Project

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  • Sing Sing

    ★★★★½

  • Cabaret

    ★★★★½

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

  • Trap

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  • Cabaret

    Cabaret

    ★★★★½

    How do you make a movie that criticizes fascism when the camera itself uses the same tools as fascism? It’s impossible so you might as well make it a musical—life’s a cabaret (especially under orange man)

    Also that last shot of the mirror is genius. Fascism requires an audience. Filming the mirror reminds us that the audience of the cabaret (and perhaps the viewers of the movie) supported the spectacle that eventually became fascism. Sorry to be pretentious but there’s…

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

    It’s about the destination, not the journey

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  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★★

    To have this combo of insanely good source material AND execution is mind blowing. The world of the film is so expansive—it really captures your imagination and scratches such an itch that Denis is so good at getting to. It’s just a great movie that everyone should see (maybe even multiple times). Wowwowowow go enjoy

  • Civil War

    Civil War

    ★★

    Don’t see this film…except for Jesse Plemmons and that cool film split color effect and that time they shot a missile at Lincoln statue and the sound design and…ok watch it on streaming later

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