kayla

kayla

Favorite films

  • Shirkers
  • El Sur
  • The Straight Story
  • Lost in Translation

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  • Hamlet

    ★★★★

  • Hannah and Her Sisters

    ★★★★

  • Eephus

    ★★★★½

  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    ★★★★½

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  • Eyes Wide Shut

    Eyes Wide Shut

    ★★★★

    He definitely violated HIPAA.

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★½

    The Kurrentschrift was quite cool.

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  • El Sur

    El Sur

    ★★★★★

    "Do you realize we never talk seriously?"
    "And that's my fault, isn't it?"

    As children, we often take on a parent's pain, like trying on an oversized coat. We see Estrella do this while she has "disappeared," just like her father does, hiding under her bed all day, waiting in glee to see how long it will take to be found, and ending up in tears when her father doesn't try to find her, and instead greets her big feelings…

  • Skinamarink

    Skinamarink

    ★★★★

    Sat in the second row, which made it impossible to cover my eyes. But tbh, the creepiest part of this movie for me happened after it was all over and the lights came up. Despite the fact that I knew there were a dozen or so people in the audience behind me, I felt that muffled silence you experience when you're in an empty room — there was no nervous laughter, no softly-whispered first impressions, no rustling of coats and…