Jesse Waits

Jesse Waits

Favorite films

  • Raging Bull
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The Lighthouse
  • Seven Samurai

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  • Private Hell 36

    ★★★★

  • King of New York

    ★★★★★

  • Friday Foster

    ★★★★★

  • Black Mama, White Mama

    ★★★★

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  • Private Hell 36

    Private Hell 36

    ★★★★

    A clever noir film demonstrates just how much greed can corrupt a person and how all of our actions involving mistrust and disloyalty can consistently have a negative outcome. Two cops find a stash of money; one promises himself not to touch it or even become in possession of it, but he grows to be reluctant to even coincide with the other cop, the one who stashed it in his coat pockets the second he became in contact with it,…

  • King of New York

    King of New York

    ★★★★★

    Christopher Walken plays Frank White, a notorious gangster who towers, stands straight, is calm yet collected, and is somewhat empathetic at times but remains cold. I think the film plays out as a subtle character study for Frank White; there are moments in the movie where the camera shows Frank, his back to the camera, and the city of New York peering out from behind his figure - then more shots of the New York landscape but they're all oddly…

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  • Dog Day Afternoon

    Dog Day Afternoon

    ★★★★★

    Loved it ! 

    Flawless film with excellent acting, outstanding editing, and an impressive piece of work in of itself. 

    Excellent one location film.

  • Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    ★★★★★

    A sexploitation flick like no other!

    Russ Meyer perfectly encapsulates the sexual dangers of these three women that run around rampant terrorizing the people they meet. This was a satisfying breath of fresh air from all the other flicks that pertain all the damsels in distress. This flips that trope upsides down! In the sexually charged world of Russ Meyer, the woman reign supreme and dominate the men including all their sexual fantasies along with it.

    The film follows three…

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