Max Murray

Max Murray

Taking a stab at cataloging the films I watch and may even review some of them; I hope to learn more about film along the way.

Favorite films

  • Big Trouble in Little China
  • Alien
  • Spirited Away
  • Seven Samurai

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  • Anora

    ★★★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★★

  • Horse Girl

    ★★★½

  • Spirited Away

    ★★★★★

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  • The Santa Clause

    The Santa Clause

    ★★★

    This movie is completely unhinged. The whole runtime Charlie’s mom and Neal (ugh) are presented as the sane and rational adults for dogmatically trying to convince a six year old that Santa doesn’t exist. It’s hilarious.


    My favorite part of the movie is when Neal (ugh) tells Charlie at the end that he’ll be a great psychiatrist one day, to which Charlie sinisterly replies that he’s planning to enter the “family business.” This line implies that, Oedipus-like, Charlie plans to one day murder his father and assume his macabre mantle.

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    ★★★★½

    Heartbreaking and spirit-affirming. The final shot sears into your heart the themes and insights that Sciamma spends the rest of the run-time masterfully laying out.

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