Sam Dunlap

Sam Dunlap

Favorite films

  • Lost in Translation
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • At Eternity's Gate
  • Parasite

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  • Anora

    ★★★★

  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★½

  • Joker: Folie à Deux

    ★★★½

  • At Eternity's Gate

    ★★★★½

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★

    bruh- sean baker back at it again with his Italian neo- realism and fantasy realism. I kinda forgot how much of a Sean baker film this one was gonna be. Fell victim to the shit reviewers that said this was gonna be like a Bennie safdie movie or somn. Which I can see the similarities- but it was safe to say this movie was a curve ball. 

    Right out of the gate i will say this movie was hands down…

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★½

    a classic display of raw acting. I appreciated the fact that this film didn’t attempt to tell Bob Dylan’s entire life. I like when movies try to tell one story specifically. I loved every shot of musical display, and was glad they used chalamets talent in mimicking Dylan often. I thought chalamet and Norton were spot on, I just wish  Mangold would have took more freedom in writing.  I wish the story would have been filled with more meaning. At…

  • Joker: Folie à Deux

    Joker: Folie à Deux

    ★★★½

    in my opinion, a vastly miss understood take. In my mind this film is hardly a sequel at all. almost everything about this movie for what it is, is gorgeous. Joaquin shows us once again what he is capable of. Stretching and expanding the boundaries of what it means to act. Gaga, though the weaker link in the story, complements with her musical ability. The disconnect I believe comes from the shock factor or over the top creative ability. Audiences…

  • At Eternity's Gate

    At Eternity's Gate

    ★★★★½

    not so sure why it’s taken this long to write about this one. I had to gather my thoughts after watching. This film felt like a breath of fresh air. I’d feel validated in saying that if you think this film is boring, you have been sucked into the constant dopamine rush of the 2020s. As a movie that isn’t a biopic begging for an Oscar, it’s depicted as a mere snapshot portrait that pays homage to Van Gogh. A…

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