Nikolas Kalar

Nikolas Kalar

I like movies more than I like people.

Favorite films

  • Cave of Forgotten Dreams
  • Evil Dead II
  • Inland Empire
  • Synecdoche, New York

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  • A Different Man

    ★★★★

  • No Other Land

    ★★★★★

  • The Duke of Burgundy

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

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  • A Different Man

    A Different Man

    ★★★★

    “I got three passports, a couple of visas
    Don’t even know my real name
    I changed my hairstyle so many times now
    I don’t know what I look like”

    Solipsism is a nightmare.

  • No Other Land

    No Other Land

    ★★★★★

    There are obviously many, many memorable sequences in this. There are sequences of unimaginable horror and heartbreak, but also sequences of humor and resilience, of a community working together to carve out a living for themselves amidst the terror. There is great love among the village that resonates even in the worst of times.

    But even among all those sequences, one stuck out to me. Near the end of the film, two friends sit together contemplating what they are doing…

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  • The Institute

    The Institute

    ★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • La La Land

    La La Land

    ★★★½

    All these years later, I finally come around to "La La Land," only to be left with a somewhat middling feeling. Maybe I waited too long and the moment had passed, or the hype had become too strong? I don't know.

    Val Lewton once said of the horror films he made for RKO in the 40s that they had to work within the horror narrative, but also had to work when stripped of their horrific elements. When "La La Land"…