Macademic

Macademic

supporting local theaters in a way that still involves petty theft

Favorite films

  • What Happened Was...
  • Bubble Bath
  • Dogville
  • Yentl

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • Seven Veils

    ★½

  • Grand Theft Hamlet

    ★★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★

    Watching Mickey 17 was like combing a beach for cool shells and pebbles. Pretty often I'd come across something shiny and wonderful, but those little gems are haphazardly scattered throughout a boatload of grit. I love Beach Bong though so you'll catch me here every season it's open. 

    Cool shells and pebbles: 
    - almost three way 
    - Nasha cradling a dying Mickey 
    - Mickey 18 (Robert Pattinson in general) 
    - Falling down the stairs 

    Grit: 
    - thuddingly obvious critique of capitalism, autocracy, Trump (specifically), the religious right, and so on 
    - plot held together with shoestring

  • Seven Veils

    Seven Veils

    ★½

    Terrible in way that had me noticing things I never notice in movies. Like, the wardrobe was bad (distracting, uncharacteristic). What the fuck do I know about wardrobe? At some point I decided it was a surreal comedy and from then on we were smooth sailing.

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  • Alien: Romulus

    Alien: Romulus

    ★★★★

    Are we certain the father didn't just look like that??

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★½

    subtlety found dead in a ditch