Robert Crow

Robert Crow

Film school dropout. Ardent Kubrick fan.

Favorite films

  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Dune
  • The Big Lebowski

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  • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

    ★★★½

  • The Menu

    ★★★½

  • Don't Worry Darling

    ★★★

  • Nope

    ★★★½

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  • The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

    The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

    ★★★½

    Am I the only one who thinks this is Adaptation meets Fear and Loathing?

    Fun, predictable, Nouveau Shamanic.

  • The Menu

    The Menu

    ★★★½

    I just like the fuck you to all the people responsible for ruining cinema, food, and life in general.

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  • Time Trap

    Time Trap

    ★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Black Mirror: White Bear

    Black Mirror: White Bear

    By far the worst one I’ve seen so far. 

    A woman wakes up, can’t remember anything, but there’s lots of people around who refuse to talk to her, and a man with a gun trying to kill her. 

    This short is a perfect example of the difference between suspense and false suspense. 

    Suspense is about giving the audience as much information as possible and creating an atmosphere that incubates a growing sense of tension in the viewer’s experience. 

    Hitchcock famously…