Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  In a Lonely Place 1950

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Mar 2025

  Really really good.

  Like Phantom Thread if Reynolds Woodcock appeared to be always seconds away from turning into Lou Ferrigno rather than a vampire.

  Is "I haven't been up this early in years" this film's "never cursed"?

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  The Last Showgirl 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  The bleakness of crumbling american mythos à la Midnight Cowboy contrasted with the (dictionary definition of) gentle Pamela Anderson and Dave Bautista.

  Maybe undercooked but I think it works in the favour of a film about the need to be proactive and the desire not to in the face of the inevitable 'last show'.

  Very sad ending made even sadder by how much Billie Lourd resembled her mother at the end.

Popular reviews

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  In the Footsteps of the Camerosaur 1990

  Watched 30 Apr 2024

  Destination: Arrakis

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  Last and First Men 2020

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Dec 2018

  Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

  The 16mm photography of the Spomeniks alone was utterly gorgoeus. Last and First Men is truly one of the greatest sci-fi works I've ever seen.

  Jóhann was a genius and I am honoured to have had the privilege to have met him. Seeing this played live was a touching send-off and one I will never forget. If only he could have composed for a hundred more years...