Young, aspiring, mid-century antique.
New Hollywood is my niche.
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Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997
one of my childhood comfort films and watching again recently it’s clear just how faithful this movie is to paying homage while parodying the Gambit-era Michael Caine and the Bond film motifs.
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Tracks 1976
this movie gets higher up on my favorite films of all time list every time i watch it.
Henry Jaglom’s second feature never saw wide release in 1975 as its subject matter was not popular: Dennis Hopper as a Viet Nam vet transporting a soldiers body across country by train.
the film is the definition of gonzo/independent film making, using a handheld 16mm aboard Amtrak with and without permission with an improvised script. not to mention the excellently captured natural…
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Uncle Buck 1989
John Candy should have had more lead roles.
The scene where he intimidates the rapist is burned into my memory when the movie used to constantly rerun on HBO back in the day.
The soundtrack is the most realized John Hughes work in my opinion, more so than Pretty In Pink.
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The Substance 2024
Hands down the movie of the year. I can’t wait to see what else MUBI has in store.
All I could think of was Neil Young’s line “it’s better to burn out than to fade away.” The film seems to be heavily influenced by Jane Fonda’s fate as a fitness workout guru in the 1980s. Her rise to fame as a child actor peaked in 1968 as the sex goddess Barbarella, only to get blacklisted due to her opposition to…
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