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Favorite films

  • Until the End of the World
  • The Cranes Are Flying
  • Touki Bouki
  • The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins

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  • Memories

    ★★★½

  • Lady Terminator

    ★★★★

  • The Ninth Configuration

    ★★★½

  • Duck Soup

    ★★★★

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  • Lady Terminator

    Lady Terminator

    ★★★★

    A strong argument for why Copyright laws are evil and should be struck down. Was a little surprised at how closely they followed a lot of Terminator beat for beat. Was doing the eyeball seen necessary or even make sense? no, not really but its still just as gnarly in here. Funny and wastes no time, had me hooting and hollering.

  • The Ninth Configuration

    The Ninth Configuration

    ★★★½

    I might be a tad too removed from my familial Catholicism for this to really hit. I think part of me wishes it pushed out from reality a little further, but what we do get that leaves the ground is really fantastic. I have to appreciate weepy hand-wringing over God but this just doesn't hit the same highs as the Exorcist III for me.

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  • TÁR

    TÁR

    ½

    Detestable. The film tries to hold back its utter vitriolic hate in order to at least claim nuance, but it's a thin veneer of that peels away to reveal utter contempt foe lesbians, people of color, the third world, and music. We are told Tar is the most important maestro in the world, yet we are never given any reason to believe she has any artistry that would have put her there. The thesis of the film is the classical…

  • Assault on Precinct 13

    Assault on Precinct 13

    ★★★★½

    A major reason this film works is that Carpenter has the right level of contempt for police.