lrphilipson

lrphilipson

Favorite films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • An American Werewolf in London
  • Aftersun
  • First Reformed

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  • Kraven the Hunter

    ★½

  • Sallie Gardner at a Gallop

  • Kelpie

  • Anora

    ★★

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  • Kraven the Hunter

    Kraven the Hunter

    ★½

    Did not finish, bad boring film that is mostly just tedious dialogue.

  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★

    While not entirely incompetent, this film runs out of momentum and sputters out pretty bad. The plot was interesting enough to keep my attention for a while, despite the thin characters and Baker’s bland contemporary filmmaking - I kept thinking of Wells and Aftersun and how Baker’s technique just felt like a much less dynamic and interesting imitation of that - with some intrigue and fun performances. Our Russian goons were a highlight, and if the film had been half…

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  • Twin Peaks: The Return

    Twin Peaks: The Return

    ★★★★★

    A bitter, brutal, uncompromising damnation of everyone. Funny and sad and horrifying. And I’m meant to review all of that like it’s a film!? Like it’s a nice trim 90 minutes!? Jesus.

  • Come and See

    Come and See

    ½

    Stop killing real animals on screen for your fucking movies.

    I did force myself to finish this, because I don’t want anyone saying I didn’t give it a fair shot. I was on board up until I found out the animal death and torture were real. I think it’s a very effective and devastating movie up until the end at least, where it kind of becomes a cartoon. The scene where Florya is running to find his family where he…

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