Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Eyes Wide Shut 1999

  ★★★★★ Watched 09 Jan 2025

  I have seen this film many, many times since it came out in 1999 (including opening weekend!). Over time, interpretations and feelings have changed about it - it is quite bizarre and ambiguous. This time around, I really felt that the key to understanding what Kubrick is trying to communicate is to focus on Alice and her motivations. So here is my latest read on the film.

  Alice’s infidelity fantasy confession is destabilizing because it challenges Bill’s understanding of control…

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 08 Jan 2025

  This is Eggers' swing for fences epic remake of the classic. Unsettling and morose, the film is one long hallucinatory fever dream though a grim Central European winter. Though the pacing may seem portentous and sluggish at times, the story is there to serve the deep dark visuals which amount to a landmark of cinematography. Bathed in blue moonlight and cast in suffocating shadow, this films grabs you until we reach that final burst of daylight. This is visionary filmmaking. 🏰🩸😱🧛‍♂️

Popular reviews

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  Killer Heat 2024

  ★★ Watched 05 Nov 2024

  A dull and predictable thriller that feels like streaming service filler. Gordon Levitt brings nothing intriguing to the role and the film's final act reveal is pretty easy to see coming. This can't even qualify as neo noir, a real missed opportunity. Also, there is an obvious diversity quota hire that is distracting and transparent. More imagination could have addressed the African heritage of a supposed Afro Greek character or atleast provided a back story. Instead of such posturing, why…

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  Can't Get You Out of My Head 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Feb 2021

  This film is not trying to explain "us" to ourselves, instead these multiple, sprawling narratives capture moments of the deeper political truths that surround us. Curtis' technique is unfocused but also dazzling. This film goes further than his previous work with the use of musical dream sequences. Overall, this is not the one we have been waiting for but it is certainly a trip worth taking.

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