Mark Stackpole

Mark Stackpole

Favorite films

  • Brief Encounter
  • Kiss Me Deadly
  • The Ladykillers
  • Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler

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  • Anora

    ★★★★

  • La Chimera

    ★★★★

  • We Need to Talk About Kevin

    ★★★★

  • Conclave

    ★★★★

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★

    Ever since Cannes, the gang of TikTokers, U-Tubers, Tweeters and unaligned Filmbros in their well-meaning efforts to sell this film to the mass audience, have inadvertently bit-by-bit over the past 8 months cumulatively revealed every single plot beat and emotional epiphany of Anora, spanning all the way from the VIP stalls at HQ to Grandma's station wagon. Even the deft character touch of Ani/Anora wasn't spared from out-of-context premature exposure. I would have had a much better experience if I wasn't rewatching something I had never seen before.

  • La Chimera

    La Chimera

    ★★★★

    It's the type of movie where the (living) love interest is named Italy & I'm ok with that. Heart meet sleeve.

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  • Ford v Ferrari

    Ford v Ferrari

    ★★★½

    Such a delightfully old fashioned movie, with the best special effects - both practical and digital - I have ever seen.

  • Sapphire

    Sapphire

    ★★★½

    Marty sent me. The estate of Elmer Bernstein should sue the estate of Philip Green and the remnants of the Rank Organization for the blatant act of grand larceny inflicted upon the The Man with the Golden Arm score.