Malakai

Malakai

Favorite films

  • Blue Velvet
  • Uncut Gems
  • Buffalo '66
  • Fanny and Alexander

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  • Picnic at Hanging Rock

    ★★★★

  • The Usual Suspects

    ★★★

  • Infernal Affairs

    ★★★

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★★★

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  • Inland Empire

    Inland Empire

    Fucking love the camerawork with the shitty digital. Feels like harmony korine’s trash humpers meets mulholland drive in the best way possible. Totally haunting, there were moments I had no idea what was happening but was overcome with emotion.

  • Eraserhead

    Eraserhead

    ★★★★★

    I’m completely floored by the fact that this was his first feature and largely funded by an AFI grant, his vision was so clear and singular from the jump. The constant industrial droning and electric static is absolutely suffocating with the massive speakers in the movie theater. Shadows, clouds of smoke, and uncanny claymation obscure all human connection and leave Henry completely alone to face his inner shadow and anima amidst hissing pipes, cold harsh winds, and the cries of…

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  • Mulholland Drive

    Mulholland Drive

    ★★★★★

    Sad sad day, feels horrible losing the greatest living artist. Had a great time rewatching this though and showing it to friends for the first time. A little less entranced than the first time I watched it but still has some of my all time favorite moments in film. Perfectly written, so many lines and images that have infinitely more meaning on a rewatch. Can't wait to watch again and find even more of the richness this work has to offer

  • Onibaba

    Onibaba

    ★★★½

    Less scary and more horny than I expected. Well executed exploration of loneliness and the cycles of violence induced by war though. No individual is morally right or wrong here, each is driven to commit abhorrent acts by the cruelty of others and their material circumstances. Super cool to see a staunchly anti-war film that doesn’t show any war and instead focuses on the domestic lives of the women left behind—starved of food, connection, and purpose in a cage of…