Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Absence of Milk in the Mouths of the Lost 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Jan 2024

  HUGE VIDEOTHEQUE MOMENT

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  King Baby 2019

  ★★★★★ Watched 26 Jan 2022

  Glad we carry this gem!

Popular reviews

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  Good Time 2017

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  "Desperate and blind love for the machinery of capitalism, distorted in the protagonist’s brain as brotherly devotion.

  Like taking NYC’s reality and forcing you to watch it, stripping away any gloss. Perhaps the most astonishing element is the complete lack of desire by the Safdie’s to get you to identify with its central character, understanding all the while the implicit connection you might feel to their station.

  Along the way, Pattinson uses everything to his advantage, including the color of…

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  Ed Wood 1994

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  Review by Videotheque regular, Jordan Palumbo!

  "Sucker for a love letter to Hollywood. Boardner’s is my favorite bar in LA because it’s so close to the Egyptian, and now I know it’s a spot Ed Wood hung out at?? Wonderful.

  Shot on Eastman film stock, looks fantastic. The light and shadow work is incredible.

  Martin Landau is the standout performance. He embodies Lugosi’s hyper specific presence and aura perfectly.

  Happy coincidence that the only Ed Wood movies I had seen…