Favorite films

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  The Moment of Truth 1965

  Watched 11 Mar 2025

  A weird mashup of spaghetti Western and boxing biopic. A bold visual style was clearly influential (Coppola, for one, MUST have watched this)- but the narrative is pretty much non-existent, and the bull fights were edited in a really choppy way that did not highlight the artistry of the bull fight in the way that Rosi intended.

  While I was watching, I thought the bull fights were staged- the blood looked really fake- but that shows you what I know…

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  Polyester 1981

  Watched 26 Feb 2025

  It was ridiculous and entertaining, but I probably would have found it funnier if I had actually seen a Douglas Sirk movie.

  Interestingly, the BFI lists Douglas Sirk as an influence on Almódovar- and Polyester definitely had Pepi, Luci, Bom energy.

Popular reviews

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  Wicked 2024

  Watched 22 Nov 2024

  I was checking my watch at the 90-minute mark. The woman next to me was having the film experience of her life. I enjoyed her enjoying it.

  Here's to watching movies in the theater- even when we know they're not our kind of movie.

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  Eraserhead 1977

  Watched 28 Jan 2025

  Funnier afterwards. I kept giggling in my bathroom as I was brushing my teeth. “Mom, the doctors aren’t sure it’s a baby!”

  It’s fifty years old but seems like it was made for the era of memes.