alex leemann

alex leemann

Favorite films

  • The Lighthouse
  • Steve Jobs
  • 35 Shots of Rum
  • Shame

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  • Opus

    ★★

  • Parallel Mothers

    ★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★½

  • Moonstruck

    ★★★

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  • Opus

    Opus

    ★★

    Okay! Like disappointing I guess. But I wasn’t specifically hype for this movie like I went in blind except for knowing we’d be privy to some culty celeb shit 

    And welllll the best kind of cult movies/media (imo) are the ones that generate further discussion online .. the kind that spin out and get nitty gritty even after directors have admitted their secrets and the whole narrative is revealed etc. The kind that have Reddit forums exclusively where fan theories…

  • Parallel Mothers

    Parallel Mothers

    ★★★

    yea I’ve been struck by almodovar before and this felt more similar to those films that once did that for me - at least in the drama and central conflicts - but this didn’t all tie together for me. that’s ok tho . just happy to watch Penelope do anything w him tbh

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  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★★½

    Ummmmm … yep! 
    I had thoughts 
    - finally FINALLY a sexy/not asexual zendaya character 
    - movies whose main goal is to emphasize vibes and niches of the world in an atmospheric way shld b their own genre 
    - this would be at the top lowkey just devoured this sm 
    - motif of tennis as relationship became clearer and clearer throughout, to its boiling point! 
    - Luca beennnnn the pioneer of that cunty neon lighting and grainy film aesthetic (I think…

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox

    Fantastic Mr. Fox

    ★★★★★

    listen to the soundtrack to this while cleaning your room you will live the woodland fairy mouse foresting spring creature fantasy you deserve xx

    this movie touches on some things that lots of movies take a whole 2 hours to sort out. this movie kind of just Gets It. and in a perfectly and pristinely symmetrical frame. this movie straight up steps. watch it while content, watch it while sad, watch it while drunk off your ass, watch it in…