Ryan Meyers

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Favorite films

  • In the Mood for Love
  • Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
  • Sunset Boulevard
  • The Apartment

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  • Funny Girl

    ★★★★½

  • The Intern

    ★★★½

  • Dog Day Afternoon

    ★★★★½

  • Airplane II: The Sequel

    ★★★

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  • Funny Girl

    Funny Girl

    ★★★★½

    I have no idea how I deigned to give this a 7/10 on my previous two watches. We’re watching a true star be born on screen (at a moment that Pauline Kael said was a time when we had no true movie stars). Streisand is electric, commanding attention in stage, nailing her dramatic moments, and effortlessly making us laugh. It was the perfect debut vehicle for her when I’m sure execs were clamoring to get her into anything they could…

  • The Intern

    The Intern

    ★★★½

    I underrated this on my first viewing, but it stands as a good mark on Nancy Meyers’ career as it’s likely the final feature-length creative effort we’re getting from her.

    Nancy, maybe wanting to break the mold of her lauded romcoms, takes a typical romcom structure and subverts it to be a more or less buddy comedy. We’re De Niro’s role any younger, you’d swear they’d fall in love by the end. And De Niro is flawless here, playing to…

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  • The Endless Summer

    The Endless Summer

    ★★★★★

    A documentary about the "endless summer" - where, if one has enough time and money, he can travel the world following summer year-round finding the perfect wave. This is, simply put, a remarkable film. Pure cinematic escapism at its finest. This struck a real chord with me for some reason; it could be the grey, cold, dingy day outside or it could be something more, but this film is just incredible. The gorgeous, on-location photography is beyond words. What most…

  • Under the Skin

    Under the Skin

    ★★★★★

    A mysterious alien seductress preys on the men of Scotland. Third time seeing this film and it's definitely my favorite of 2014. This film is breathtaking in every regard. It's definitely one of the greatest films of the new millennium if not the greatest not made by Wong, Lynch, or Weerasethakul. This is what the mad glory of cinema is all about.

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