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Favorite films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Apocalypse Now
  • Pulp Fiction
  • There Will Be Blood

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  • Married to the Mob

    ★★★

  • The Killers

    ★★

  • Prince of Broadway

    ★½

  • Blue Chips

    ★★★

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  • Married to the Mob

    Married to the Mob

    ★★★

    I was not expecting "Goodbye Horses" to show up here, and I don't think I can hear that song and not think of its use in Silence of the Lambs.

  • The Last of the Mohicans

    The Last of the Mohicans

    ★★

    I didn't relate to the DDL performance or the story at all, and while it looks good, I really think Mann works best in modern urban environments. The Mann films that aren't set contemporaneously (The Keep, The Last of the Mohicans, Ali, Public Enemies, Ferrari) are pretty much all of my least favourite of his films.

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  • News from Home

    News from Home

    I wanted to like this, and upon hearing about the film, I thought the concept was interesting, but it unfortunately does not work. I found that my experience of the film was completely unchanged over the duration of the film (barring the final shot of the film). It didn't deepen over time, or modulate in any meaningful way. My initial thought was that it may have worked better as a 22 minute short than as an 88 minute feature, but…

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    ★★

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