R.Y.

R.Y.

Favorite films

  • Jane B. by Agnès V.
  • The Silence of the Lambs
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Long Day's Journey into Night

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  • Sleepwalking Land

    ★★★

  • Dick Johnson Is Dead

    ★★★★

  • No Other Land

    ★★★★★

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★★★

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  • Four Flies on Grey Velvet

    Four Flies on Grey Velvet

    ★★★★

    Contender for the least hinged movie of all time. Argento is secretly a comedic maestro and this is his most outwardly funny work. So many out-there (i.e. brilliant) editing choices. There is a character named God and hallelujah plays when he is introduced. The core mystery is solved by forensic pseudoscience, then it fakes you out with a psychoanalytical ending that concludes with one of the most baffling sequences ever—obtuse connection but there are Pumpkin (2002) parallels.

    In more ways than one…

  • Skinamarink

    Skinamarink

    ★★★

    Like staring at a mirror in the dark so long you forget what your face looks like. FNAF 4–esque. 

    Oscillates between total formal brilliance (terrific dialogue) and doing absolutely nothing for me (obnoxious sound design).

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  • Ratatouille

    Ratatouille

    ★★★★★

    Besides being a heartwarming tale of self-discovery and the funniest movie ever made, Ratatouille works as an examination of the dynamics between artist and critic, between high and low culture. Its opening minute conveys this conflict directly: the artist builds up and the critic tears down. Its Parisian backdrop is split across the romantic gourmet restaurant scene and the simple rat-inhabited understreets of France. Remy acts as the country kid moving to the big city in pursuit of his culinary…

  • Twin Peaks: The Return

    Twin Peaks: The Return

    ★★★★★

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