Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Man of Violence 1970

  ★★★½ Watched 11 Dec 2024

  Pete Walker is a strange director and his films
  are strange. I don’t even know what to call this style, just slowness (always over 105 minutes), and yet detailed with a real sense of kinetic weirdness. The zooms are absolutely glorious, his blocking is absolutely wonderful in how natural everything feels, even in its kinetic and wonderfully weird ideals. Never really understated, but really romantic in many avenues, even if that romance is underlined by betrayal and death. Performances are…

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  Stateline Motel 1973

  ★★★½ Watched 07 Dec 2024

  Excellent fucking crime film, that is basically a heist film but the heist is done in 30 seconds and the rest of the film is simply about holding onto a secret and everyone slowly figuring it out. Every performance is so rich and natural, every line of dialogue is somehow romantic and has a special ideal about holding onto a specific form of happiness even if you know the future won’t bring anything but death. Directed with all of the…

Popular reviews

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  He Rides Tall 1964

  ★★★ Watched 10 Jan 2024

  if forgotten, mid-budget films from 1980-2000 are a guaranteed 6/10 or higher, forgotten, 4:3 b&w films from the old hollywood era are a guaranteed 5/10 or higher, this was a shock to me because i actually kind of loved this one, in fact i think i might be underrating it as of now, i want to give credit to tarantino for making westerns tantalizing and intriguing, only a couple of days after re-watching once upon a time in hollywood did…

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  The People Next Door 1970

  ★★★ Watched 07 Aug 2022

  unironically one of the most gorgeous movies i have ever seen. gordon willis’ cinematography is among the best of all time in this, the lighting and use of color is something he utilizes so goddamn well in this. the drama is pretty ridiculous and the whole point of the movie is her just going crazy on drugs, and her parents hilariously trying to prevent it. she runs around naked in the front yard to the embarrassment of everyone. i will…