Jeff Hayward

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As far as I know there were one dozen movies made before 1970.

Favorite films

  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer
  • Birth
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • Dogville

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  • Tarnation

    ★★★½

  • In Fabric

    ★★★★½

  • Opus

  • The Hole

    ★★★½

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  • Megalopolis

    Megalopolis

    … and pimps don’t commit suicide.

  • Madame Web

    Madame Web

    ½

    Mothers stand still (die in childbirth) so that daughters can look back to see how far they’ve come (turning into a spiderman).

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  • Tarnation

    Tarnation

    ★★★½

    I bought this on a whim while I was working in a record store (I bought a lot of shit on a whim) and at the time I found this absolutely crushing. I’ve kept the dvd for 20 years in spite of all the moves and physical media purges but hadn’t watched it since. The big difference now is that I’m so put off by a lot of the stylistic choices and editing, and I hate that stuff like font…

  • In Fabric

    In Fabric

    ★★★★½

    Got down on A24 about their current & upcoming slate of movies and really needed this refresher. There was a time when this was their bread and butter and it’s amazing to me that it exists at all, let alone got a proper semi-wide release. A genuinely strange and off-putting movie strictly for the real freaks. Truly nothing else like it. Manages to sustain that alternate-universe vibe the whole time without breaking somehow. So fully realized and commits to the bit…

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  • The Maiden

    The Maiden

    ★★★★½

    Cannot wait to watch this again and again and again. First movie of the fest to feel like a genuine classic, unbelievable that it’s a first feature. Fully realized, heartbreaking, engrossing stuff. Wish it went on forever. The best cinematic portrayal of grief I’ve seen in years. The kind of movie that you only get in 16mm. Effortless nostalgia.

    Director name checked Yang, Arnold and Van Sant and it does those influences proud.

    Yeah I really liked it.

  • Eraserhead

    Eraserhead

    ★★★½

    The movie that dares to ask, what if a guy was weird?