Favorite films

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  Byzantium 2012

  ★★★★½ Watched 17 Dec 2013

  Sumptuous! The story is both sweeping and very intimate - something Neil Jordan handles especially well. I loved the way the film was structured around narratives both oral and written, recalling Atonement (no coincidence, given the talented lead). If I have one quibble, it's that the pace of the storytelling speeds up towards the end, closing many potentially expandable loops in this Gothic tragedy. Another half hour would have been nice. But, like no movie since Park Chan-wook's Thirst, Byzantium…

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  A Virgin Among the Living Dead 1973

  ★★½ Rewatched 04 Dec 2013

  Still not feelin' you, Franco. Dig the groovy music tho.

Popular reviews

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  Bodysong 2003

  ★★★ Watched 01 Sep 2013

  Birth
  Growth
  Sex
  Work
  Convenience-store robbery
  War
  Worship
  Death

  Koyaanisqatsi, Jr. Kinda. With more XXX inserts.

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  The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) 2011

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Jun 2013

  Everything the first one wasn't. Take that as you will. Also may be the finest comedy of the decade, but be warned that the grue (and the poo) hits HARD. Arty B&W direction and not just a few brilliant ideas. This Tom Six character has chops.