sdleydon

sdleydon

Favorite films

  • The Shining
  • Clue
  • Beau Travail
  • Ste. Anne

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  • Amadeus

    ★★★★½

  • The Penguin

    ★★★

  • The Blue Angel

    ★★★★½

  • Muse

    ★★★★

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  • Universal Language

    Universal Language

    ★★★★★

    The best thing I’ve seen in a while - bursting with ideas, style, and loving tenderness. The scenario is deceptively cute, with Wes Anderson-like sight gags in the set design and relentlessly bizarre behaviour on the part of everyone and everything on screen, but the last half-hour or so moves the film onto a new emotional (dare I say spiritual) plane that Anderson’s films have rarely (if ever) achieved. Manitoba movie magic!

  • Babygirl

    Babygirl

    ★★★★½

    Wry, fierce, and totally delightful from the first sound of Kidman’s animalistic moaning to the last. Easily the juiciest role she’s gotten in years, and her performance stands with some of the best of her oeuvre. Already on my second viewing and can’t wait to watch again!

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  • Rambling Rose

    Rambling Rose

    Robert Duvall screaming “Replace that tit!” is going to live rent-free in my mind for the rest of my life.

    Too bad the rest of the movie is dogsh*t.

  • Vertigo

    Vertigo

    ★★★★★

    Me, 30 seconds into the opening credits, after the camera pans from Kim Novak’s left eye to right: 🤩 Ok, this really is the best movie of all time.