matthewhaspey

matthewhaspey

Favorite films

  • The Rules of the Game
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Taxi Driver
  • Fanny and Alexander

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • Divergent

    ★★

  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★½

  • Better Man

    ★★

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  • Megalopolis

    Megalopolis

    ★★★½

    The best worst film or the worst best film ever?

    Three days on and I've still no idea what to make of this. Undeniably flawed, certainly too bombastic for many, but the singular work of an old master auteur, filled with mesmeric imagery. Fizzles out a little at the end, as do all empires. The number of fourth-wall parallels that can be drawn here makes me think 'Metalopolis' might be a more apt title.

    I wouldn't disagree with anyone who…

  • Dìdi (弟弟)

    Dìdi (弟弟)

    ★★★

    Millennial nostalgia feels.

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  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    ★★★★★

    A perfect film in so many ways.

  • Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast

    ★★

    Visually overwhelming yet dour, completely hollow at its core, at least half an hour longer than it should be, and an almost line-for-line rip-off of the far-superior original. Hopefully Disney can do something different with their endless future remakes in production.