Michael Steen

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Favorite films

  • All That Jazz
  • The Night of the Hunter
  • The Third Man
  • The Brutalist

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  • The Princess Bride

    ★★★★★

  • Would You Rather

    ★★

  • Ash

    ★★★½

  • Raised by Wolves

    ★★½

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  • Would You Rather

    Would You Rather

    ★★

    Good premise, but I’m actually surprised it cost $1M to make a movie look this ugly.

  • Ash

    Ash

    ★★★½

    Yeah, bitch! Gross out space horror!

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★½

    Visually enthralling, emotionally hollow. Hate to say it, but I felt myself getting bored during this screening. The images are impressive, but I don’t think there is a single scene that sticks in my mind as memorable. At least, not in a good way. Eggers wanted to pay homage to the original, but I question if essentially remaking it while adding 35 minutes of subpar dialogue was the way to go about it. 

    Positives:

    Production Design: Eggers is a master…

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★½

    What a wild, WILD ride. I didn’t think Fargeat could outdo the quantity of blood used in Revenge, but I actually think she did!

    Loved everything about this. Is it a little heavy handed and direct? Sure. But think the maximalism and bluntness is what makes it so refreshing and compelling. It’s not treating the audience like they are stupid by spelling it out so easily, but putting the brightest, loudest neon advertising on the world of body shaming and…