hill

hill

ramblings & journal-like reviews

Favorite films

  • The Piano Teacher
  • Possession
  • Autumn Sonata
  • Mulholland Drive

Recent activity

All
  • Persona

    ★★★★★

  • Céline and Julie Go Boating

  • The Doll's Revenge

  • Mulholland Drive

    ★★★★★

Recent reviews

More
  • Mulholland Drive

    Mulholland Drive

    ★★★★★

    Third watch and things have been getting clearer now.

    Lynch's approach towards dreams is fascinating. Is it the future, is it the past? Is it another life? Is it the afterlife? Is it the amalgamation of all?

    I am not sure but I am enthralled by it.

  • The Last Mistress

    The Last Mistress

    ★★

    I am left unimpressed and slightly bored

Popular reviews

More
  • The Substance

    The Substance

    After a week of seeing people post about this on social media nonstop, I finally got the chance to watch The Substance. And it's one of the bleakiest experience I've had with a movie.

    First and foremost, the body horror was just decent. It promised and delivered, the anxiety, the grotesque feelings of repulsion to oneself at some point. The bathroom scene where Elisabeth is smearing her makeup is the highlight of this. The teeth scene make me shiver a…

  • Helter Skelter

    Helter Skelter

    This film has been collecting dust in my watchlist for so long and now with the release of The Substance (2024), I decided it was time to finally watch this.

    I won't ramble about how stunning the camerawork and production design is here, because I think it's an overdone praise. There were some interesting concepts playing here with the beauty clinic storyline and Lilico's rotting body that could've made a good body horror flick. Sadly, this isn't the route the…