Favorite films

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  The Wrestler 2008

  ★★★★ Rewatched 12 Feb 2024

  Two things have happened since the last time I watched The Wrestler in 2013: I got in to professional wrestling and I've hated everything Aronofsky has made. Luckily I didn't let The Whale poison this rewatch of The Wrestler. The story of a aged wrestler sacrificing his body for the fans and glory of the sport. To Randy "The Ram" Robinson the ring is the only place in the world that makes sense, the one place he'll always be loved…

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  Before Sunset 2004

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Feb 2024

  Before Sunset is both more romantic and more cynical than its predecessor. They're older, less hopeful, more pragmatic, and more bitter. Themes of sex and fidelity are more prevalent and they're less innocently romantic. The smaller time frame adds more tension to their conversation, and I love how film creates mood by basking in the glow of a setting sun. The first two Before movies are genuinely sexy.

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  The Vagabond 1916

  ★★★★ Watched 28 Aug 2021

  The Vagabond is an early short fron Charlie Chaplin, but an especially good one. Charlie plays the tramp, introducing him by just showing the audience his feet. It starts with the tramp running around, outwitting the bad guys and winning the girl. The inventive way Chaplin plays with the geography of his scenes is a marked improvement over the earlier shorts I have seen from him. But the real treat comes in its second half. The short uses more character…

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  Sisters 1972

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Oct 2023

  De Palma went off. The film's tight hilarious and shocking opening 30 minutes and its psychosexual madhouse nightmare ending is some of the best stuff I've ever seen from De Palma. And the middle portion is kind of a goofy detective movie that takes large narrative leaps to take the opening setpiece to its closing setpiece. It's cinema at its most vibrant and alive.

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