Jake Thompson

Jake Thompson

Favorite films

  • Thief
  • Lost in Translation
  • The Fly
  • Blue Velvet

Recent activity

All
  • Code 46

  • Jerry Maguire

  • RoboCop

  • Happy-Go-Lucky

Recent reviews

More
  • RoboCop

    RoboCop

    “Bitches leave”

  • Perfect Days

    Perfect Days

    Harmony, balance and equilibrium are the words that come to mind as I am halfway through watching Wim Wenders Perfect Days. Hirayama lives a quiet existence. A master in his craft of tending to Tokyo’s many public toilets, he shares his time with his plants, his books and occasionally Lou Reed. In cassette form of course.

    I watch Hirayama’s daily routine in awe and sometimes jealousy. His quiet daily moments of organisation and structure have me thinking this is a…

Popular reviews

More
  • The Grand Bizarre

    The Grand Bizarre

    Like a Rorschach test, The Grand Bizarre provokes us to think about our relationship to inanimate materials. Frenetically edited, Mack's film reflects on the language of not only the fabrics themselves, but also the semiotics and discourse of the cultures and locations that produce them. A sensory treat - fabric has never felt more alive.

Following

45