Lyn Jensen

Lyn Jensen

Favorite films

  • U2: Rattle and Hum
  • A Hard Day's Night
  • True Grit
  • Gone with the Wind

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  • Twist

    ★★★

  • Elizabeth

    ★★★½

  • Just a Gigolo

    ★★★★

  • 200 Motels

    ★★★½

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  • Just a Gigolo

    Just a Gigolo

    ★★★★

    You can't watch Just a Gigolo as a "normal" movie. You have to watch it as a dry dark droll British tragicomedy with even some surreal elements.

  • Much Ado About Dying

    Much Ado About Dying

    ★★½

    British documentary Much Ado About Dying by filmmaker Simon Chambers, 84 min. available as a DVD from First Run Features.

    Great Britain's healthcare system is often praised as one of the world's best, but its failure to properly care for the elderly may be the biggest takeaway from the 2023 British documentary Much Ado About Dying by British filmmaker Simon Chambers. He spent more than four years reluctantly providing much of his uncle's end-of-life care, navigating his family's personal dramas…

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  • Super Size Me

    Super Size Me

    ★★★

    If you search for this film as "Supersize me" in the database, you won't find it. You have to search for "Super Size Me." Who spells it that way?

  • The Danish Girl

    The Danish Girl

    ★★★★★

    Given the controversy surrounding The Danish Girl I took the opportunity to watch it again, this time with some LGBT friends. They were spellbound. The younger members of the party were astonished to see what prospects awaited a 1920s Caitlyn Jenner: mental wards, straightjackets, radiation treatment, and perhaps even lobotomy. Once again the experience was transformative.