Peter Marrara

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Favorite films

  • There Will Be Blood
  • Ocean's Eleven
  • The Brutalist
  • La Haine

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  • One of Them Days

    ★★★★

  • The Substance

    ★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

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  • One of Them Days

    One of Them Days

    ★★★★

    A super entertaining buddy comedy with some scenes that are sure to bring some laughs. Keke Palmer has effortless charm and it’s on full display here. A really digestible length and an all around entertaining movie.

  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★

    Went into this really hype to see it and came out satisfied but not wowed. Demi Moore is doing great work here and I see this being the start of a real resurgence in her career. This film seemed to plant a seed in the first act and have that seed just sprout and sprout endlessly without any deviation. I really wish they would’ve delved into her characters backstory a little more but clearly that wasn’t the intention. After watching…

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  • The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    ★★★★★

    One of the top movies of the year for me. Feels like a warm hug from someone you haven’t caught up with in a while. The setting is incredible, painting the 70s zeitgeist beautifully with muted colors and panning landscapes. These characters are real, three dimensional people who experience things just as you and I would. I never thought a handshake would make me shed a tear, but alas. The strength here is in the writing and the slow, yearning…

  • Vertigo

    Vertigo

    ★★★★★

    Top 3 theater experience for me. A live scored version of this was a great first watch, performed tactfully by the New York Philharmonic. The colors, zollys and constant turns make a never-ending attention seeker of a film that much better. Of course the score is great live, but I am sure the experience is just as good without. Herrmann’s piercing yet tender score rips, where dynamics work where they should, engrossing audiences in the beautiful themes. The best I’ve…