Richard

Richard

Favorite films

  • Empire of the Sun
  • O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • Annie Hall

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  • Gran Torino

    ★★★★½

  • The Iron Claw

    ★★★★★

  • Philadelphia

    ★★★★

  • Gandhi

    ★★★★

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  • Gran Torino

    Gran Torino

    ★★★★½

    The worst part about this film is its Letterboxd reviews: snide college students, followed by an overly sensitive Tisch prima donnas try to attack its characters’ arcs and traditional thematics through some lofty structural lens they learned about in a really expensive classroom… when really, people just enjoy it. This phenomenon isn’t exclusive to them, though. Even so, the former lot cannot, for the lives of themselves, wrap their heads around why. Luckily, there’s no need to overcomplicate things. If…

  • The Iron Claw

    The Iron Claw

    ★★★★★

    Every once in a while there comes a story – a true story – that is brought to life on screen and makes you feel every feeling there is.  The Iron Claw evoked too many from me to list.  I am really speechless.  Fucking Grade A, bravo, hot damn what a movie.

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  • Into the Wild

    Into the Wild

    ★★★★½

    I don’t remember the first time I saw this film, but it was in middle school – the eight grade, I think. I created art to this soundtrack, listened to it over and over. I’m 29 now. Over the last 15 years, I haven’t stopped thinking about it from time to time. I don’t think it’s a perfect film, by any means, and there are things about it I do not like. But there is no denying its greatness. Its…

  • The Rover

    The Rover

    ★★★★½

    Excellent film. Its post-apocalyptic tension undergirds stellar performances by Pearce and Pattinson, a versatile score, and gorgeous lighting and camerawork in the Australian Outback.