Keith LaFountaine

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Horror writer & cinephile.

Top 4 = most recent five-star watches

Favorite films

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  • The Straight Story
  • Meshes of the Afternoon
  • Nine Days

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  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    ★★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • To Die For

    ★★★★

  • The Electric State

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  • Twin Peaks: The Return

    Twin Peaks: The Return

    ★★★★★

    "We live inside a dream."

    Rest easy you brilliant, impossible man. The world will miss you deeply.

  • A Florida Melancholy

    A Florida Melancholy

    ★★★★★

    That final shot will stay with me forever, Eli. As will you.

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  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    ★★★★½

    A remarkable piece of filmmaking that manages to stand out thanks to its jagged and jerking construction and because of the importance of the history it covers, which is not taught to American children.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    Had to sit on this one for a couple days to think about it. Since walking out of the theater on Friday, I knew I liked it. Quite a bit in fact. I think, had I logged it after seeing it, I probably would have given it 4.5 stars. But on reflection, I think this is a bit messier than Bong Joon Ho's prior films, and it shares more DNA with Okja than I was expecting. Not to an extent…

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  • No Country for Old Men

    No Country for Old Men

    ★★★★★

    A modern masterpiece. The Coen Brothers create a world filled with silence and then use Hitchcock-esque suspense to tear violent holes in said world.

  • Sound of Freedom

    Sound of Freedom

    ½

    Reviewing a film like Sound of Freedom is near impossible as any criticism or dislike will automatically be met with claims that said detractor "doesn't care about children" or somehow condones trafficking.

    That is by design, naturally. So what if the film's commentary on this subject is about as shallow as a puddle? So what if the film's purported hero is a fraud who has consistently overembellished his role in saving victims? So what if the film's star and subject…