stephmparsons

stephmparsons

I'll watch anything but I might yell about it!!!

Favorite films

  • Holy Motors
  • Toni Erdmann
  • Happy as Lazzaro
  • Witness

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  • The Fall

  • About Time

  • Notting Hill

  • Conclave

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  • The Killer

    The Killer

    If American Psycho was about the most boring person you've ever met

  • La La Land

    La La Land

    put this off for so long and finally watched it for the type of serotonin only a musical can give and instead I got absolutely fucking annihilated

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  • The Master of Disguise

    The Master of Disguise

    ★★★★★

    A fucking masterpiece I will die on this hill clutching my DVD copy

  • Blow Out

    Blow Out

    ★★★★

    Apart from having one of the greatest puns in film title history, and by far the best neon sign ever (CRAB SALAD), Blow Out is one of De Palma's tightest films.

    This is where De Palma excels as a filmmaker: he delivers two hours of heightened production elements (dynamic camerawork and framing, pervasive use of colour, and, of course, unrelenting sound design) which could easily be described as pulpy, but instead of a b-movie he delivers a neurotic, offbeat, theme-driven…