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Laughed so hard i threw up a little
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Barn-burner of a movie with a musical sequence midway through that’s the best thing I’ve seen in a theater in years. Coogler’s best since maybe Creed? Maybe Fruitvale Station tbh?
Either way, best movie of the still young year.
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Watched on Thursday April 17, 2025.
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Cute pup 🐶
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Watched on Wednesday April 2, 2025.
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Watched on Sunday March 30, 2025.
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Cute short with rollerblading angel Parker Posey miscasting a love spell. Silly and sweet.
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Watched on Friday March 28, 2025.
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Watched on Sunday March 16, 2025.
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I'm sending you kisses through the clouds. So, when it rains, my kisses will touch your lips.
Atomized isolation amongst overcrowded urban sprawl. Loneliness and heartbreak against budding romance. Payal Kapadia's love-letter to Mumbai and the women of the city has clung to me since seeing it a few days after my birthday earlier this year.
In the midst of a melange of languages, cultures, political ideologies, and religions bouncing up against one another, Kapadia finds a tender tale of heartbreak and hope; beautiful.
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he's full of the juices of life
yo, chill
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Watched on Friday March 14, 2025.
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Stanisław Cuske's crisp monochrome compositions are amongst the most striking since Pawlikowski's last, Cold War, shot by Łukasz Żal (whose more recent work in The Zone of Interest and I'm Thinking of Ending Things before that were equally gorgeous). This is a breezy, adept short that ends with a bit of a thud.
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Watched on Saturday March 8, 2025.
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HAAAAAAARK
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Watched on Monday March 3, 2025.
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Watched on Monday February 24, 2025.
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- Leave. It's your destiny. You can't live your brother's life for him.
- I love him. If only I could help.
- You can. Be.
Kieslowki’s third chapter in his metaphysical trilogy is one of missed connections and self-actualization. I still find Blue to be the most moving of the trilogy, but Kieslowki’s eye for the poetic sublime in the everyday finds its most beautiful expression in this, his final film.
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Under our feet the mint grass spread,
The birds were following our tread,
The fishes came to a river bend,
And to our eyes the sky was open.
Behind us our fate was groping,
Like an insane man with a razor in his hand.
Watched on Saturday February 22, 2025.
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Why's a dog got on a coat? It's got fur innit?
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Watched on Tuesday February 18, 2025.
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Watched on Tuesday February 18, 2025.
]]>This is a list of my favorite films of all time. I've now decided to rank my favorites. (There will be much reorganizing as I fret over my rankings -- but actually though, I re-order this like two or three times a day). No real strict order below Bicycle Thieves.
- The Tree of Life
- Paris, Texas
- Exotica
- The Shining
- The Sixth Sense
- Once Upon a Time in America
- Mysterious Skin
- Apocalypse Now
- Taxi Driver
- Days of Heaven
...plus 225 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- The Brutalist
- Challengers
- Dune: Part Two
- The Red Sea Makes Me Wanna Cry
- No Other Land
- I Saw the TV Glow
- Anora
- Sing Sing
- Longlegs
- The Substance
...plus 84 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Killers of the Flower Moon
- The Zone of Interest
- Oppenheimer
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- May December
- Monster
- All of Us Strangers
- The Boy and the Heron
- Poor Things
- The Five Devils
...plus 55 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Aftersun
- Crimes of the Future
- Vortex
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- The Fabelmans
- Triangle of Sadness
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Decision to Leave
- Pearl
...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
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- ing
- Drive My Car
- Titane
- Pig
- The Card Counter
- The Last Duel
- The Power of the Dog
- Spencer
- Bergman Island
...plus 47 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Because I'm a wierdo, I like well-shot grass in movies. This is a list of my favorite grass in film. This is what I do when I'm bored: make lists about grass in movies. God, I'm a freak.
- Days of Heaven
- Solaris
- The Thin Red Line
- The Jungle Book
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- Ain't Them Bodies Saints
- Apocalypse Now
- 12 Years a Slave
- The Bourne Identity
- Election
...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Another Round
- The Forty-Year-Old Version
- Soul
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Minari
- Mangrove
- Snowbirds
- 8:46
- The Haunting of Bly Manor
- Happiest Season
...plus 51 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>not ranked
- In the Earth
- Censor
- Prime Time
- ing
- Superior
- How It Ends
- Mayday
- The Blazing World
- Fire in the Mountains
- Judas and the Black Messiah
...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Resurrecting this list b/c of Rebecca Hall’s sublime film ing. But, this is a rough collection of films I compiled as a capstone in undergrad on how biracial characters and mixed race relationships have been explored on film both literally and metaphorically over the years. Feel free to suggest away in the comments.
- ing
- Get Out
- Blade Runner 2049
- Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
- Bhowani Junction
- Imitation of Life
- Paterson
- Columbus
- Hiroshima Mon Amour
- It Comes at Night
...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Apocalypse Now
- Parasite
- Ad Astra
- The Nightingale
- Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
- Marriage Story
- Undone
- The Art of Self-Defense
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Waves
...plus 55 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>This is a list of 2018 releases ranked from favorite to least favorite.
If you're kind and polite, the world will be right. - Paddington
I know that nothing can change and I know that there is no hope. - Rev. Toller
It’s sort of like when you wait in line for a roller coaster and you have that nervous stomach, like I feel like that all the time, like every day, and I don’t ever get that feeling you get after you ride the roller coaster when you feel better. It’s just like I’m waiting in the line all the time. And I try really hard not feel like that but, I don’t know, I just can’t. - Kayla
- First Reformed
- Shoplifters
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Burning
- Sharp Objects
- Private Life
- You Were Never Really Here
- Eighth Grade
- The Favourite
- Paddington 2
...plus 104 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>A work-in-progress and subject to change, this is my ranked list of my favorite director's works.
]]>I'm bored so I'm going through each year in the 2010s and ranking my top 5. This is stupid and I will probably delete them because I want quick access to my Top 100 of all time and my 2017 ranked & anticipated lists, but yeah...
]]>I'm bored so I'm going through each year in the 2010s and ranking my top 5. This is stupid and I will probably delete them because I want quick access to my Top 100 of all time and my 2017 ranked & anticipated lists, but yeah...
]]>There is no such thing as a perfect piece of art. But these films - in my opinion - come damn close. Essentially an assortment of films I view in the highest regard because either they are extraordinary achievements in the communication of emotions visually or they are supremely empathetic works of art.
- City Lights
- The Wizard of Oz
- Casablanca
- Bicycle Thieves
- Limelight
- Rear Window
- 12 Angry Men
- Vertigo
- Lawrence of Arabia
- Persona
...plus 54 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>All around a pretty great list to be honest. Decided I'd finally tackle this list in 2018.
- Vertigo
Here I was born, and there I died. It was only a moment for you; you took no notice.
#2 of BFI's top 101 films of all time
Hitchcock's masterpiece. A film that uses one of the primary mode of visual communication in the medium - hue - to communicate conflict and subterfuge. An entire narrative arc - actually, the entire narrative arc - is told through a tri-hue color scheme: red for Scottie, green for Madeleine, and yellow for Midge. Color becomes the metaphysical connective tissue that links the ghosts of the failed past to the rebirth of a renewed lease on life.
The entire set-up, which serves neatly as a dual-purposed sequence, feeding the audience all the clues they'll need to know for the second half of this narrative and dragging Scottie deeper and deeper into this entirely absorbing mystery of identities, is told totally non-verbally. As Scottie tails Madeleine, every detail is entirely visual, the gravestone, the curl, the dress, the dock, the water, the necklace, everything.
I'm entirely convinced that this is Hitchcock's best and, now, it has superseded Rear Window - my previous favorite from the master director - to take my top spot. The BFI has placed this at its top spot of all time and, honestly, I see why. It's an extraordinary picture that understands the strengths and mechanics of the medium to spectacular storytelling effect.
Still one of the top 5% of films I've ever seen. Still one of my few 5/5 ratings. Still one of my favorite films of all time. And, now, my favorite Hitchcock of all time.
This would make a wonderful double feature with PTA's newest - Phantom Thread.
- Citizen Kane
- Tokyo Story
- The Rules of the Game
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Keep and protect her from all harm
#22 of BFI's top 101 films of all time
This movie has a drunk piglet. So, basically it's the best film of all time.
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- The Searchers
- Man with a Movie Camera
- The ion of Joan of Arc
- 8½
asa nisi massa
#6 of BFI's top 101 films of all time
Lies somewhere between Synecdoche, New York, Adaptation, and At Land.
...plus 91 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>This is a list of 2017 releases ranked from favorite to least favorite.
If you only knew how little I know about the things that matter. - Elio
Whatever you do, do it carefully - Alma
When he looks at me, he does not know - how - I am incomplete. He sees me... as I am. - Eliza
The pure always act from love
The damned always act from love
Ranking is, for the most part, by no means definitive. Excluding the first two rows which have been ranked carefully, each row represents a tier of enjoyment. The Book of Henry is the other exception. That's at the bottom for a reason. Because just LOL.
Update: I have found a film worse than The Book of Henry. Kill me please.
Films seen in 2018:
The Disaster Artist
La Barracuda
Darkest Hour
The Post
World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts
Wonderstruck
- Phantom Thread
- Blade Runner 2049
- Call Me by Your Name
- Good Time
- The Shape of Water
- The Florida Project
- Raw
- Dunkirk
- Columbus
- The Post
...plus 127 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Though I've seen little of Mann, his aesthetic and noirish sensibilities are right up my alley.
]]>I'm bored so I'm going through each year in the 2010s and ranking my top 5. This is stupid and I will probably delete them because I want quick access to my Top 100 of all time and my 2017 ranked & anticipated lists, but yeah...
]]>I'm bored so I'm going through each year in the 2010s and ranking my top 5. This is stupid and I will probably delete them because I want quick access to my Top 100 of all time and my 2017 ranked & anticipated lists, but yeah...
]]>I'm bored so I'm going through each year in the 2010s and ranking my top 5. This is stupid and I will probably delete them because I want quick access to my Top 100 of all time and my 2017 ranked & anticipated lists, but yeah...
]]>I'm bored so I'm going through each year in the 2010s and ranking my top 5. This is stupid and I will probably delete them because I want quick access to my Top 100 of all time and my 2017 ranked & anticipated lists, but yeah...
]]>I'm bored so I'm going through each year in the 2010s and ranking my top 5. This is stupid and I will probably delete them because I want quick access to my Top 100 of all time and my 2017 ranked & anticipated lists, but yeah...
]]>I'm bored so I'm going through each year in the 2010s and ranking my top 5. This is stupid and I will probably delete them because I want quick access to my Top 100 of all time and my 2017 ranked & anticipated lists, but yeah...
]]>I saw the amazing trailer for Split and decided to whip up a 2017 list. I quickly realized how many amazing(-looking) films are on the horizon.
- Phantom Thread
- First Reformed
- The Post
- The Disaster Artist
- Sylvio
- Wonderstruck
- Lean on Pete
- Foxtrot
- A Brief Excursion
- David Lynch: The Art Life
...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>I haven't seen much from him, but the more I see, the higher Del Toro rises in my estimation. Here's what I've got thus far.
]]>This is a list of the most visually stunning films that I have seen. Whether it be for gorgeous lighting, thoughtful editing, or beautiful cinematography, all of these films wowed me with their entrancing visuals.
- Taxi Driver
- Suspiria
- Blade Runner
- The Neon Demon
- Song of the Sea
- Meshes of the Afternoon
- La Jetée
- Brazil
- Days of Heaven
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
...plus 57 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Year #2. I'm boring so it's a lot of the same stuff (but honestly, how am I not going to re-watch Alien, The Shining, and Halloween for the umpteenth time?)
In order of when I'll watch them and, like last year, I'll add the reviews in the notes.
- Night of the Living Dead
They're coming to get you Barbara.
#1 of 31 days of Halloween
The masterpiece from the master. An utterly brilliant and brilliantly simple horror film that spawned the modern conception of a zombie and did it with starkly nihilistic style. A condemnation of the blind racism that plagued (and plagues) America and a condemnation of the inhumanity of the Vietnam war. Still a remarkable and shocking film near fifty years after its release. Obviously, a 5/5.
- Dawn of the Dead
When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth.
#2 of 31 days of Halloween
Not as socially acute as Night, but Dawn is still gory entertaining fun nonetheless. It lays the consumerism critique on a bit thick, but it's impossible not to have fun watching zombies get mowed down in increasingly creative ways. And, there's something mesmerizing about the way Romero combines stark nihilism with ridiculous humor.
- 28 Days Later
Repent, the end is extremely fucking nigh.
#3 of 31 days of Halloween
28 Days Later is a jolt to the system. It's lo-fi docu aesthetic is leveraged not to shake the camera about and obscure poor prosthetics or ill-planned blocking, but rather to mimic the total collapse and regression of civilization. As Alex wanders about post-apocalyptic London, there's an eery sense of anticipation. It's clear some cataclysmic event has taken place, and at first the scene resembles the aftermath of a terrorist attack, but Boyle wisely keeps his cards close to the chest until, like a sledgehammer, he reveals his mutation of the classic Romero zombie. It's frightening, adrenaline-fueled horror and Boyle's version of the zombie has had an incredible impact on modern zombie fiction.
Though I have a problem with the performance of the young actor who plays Brendan Gleeson's daughter, 28 Days Later is brilliant innovative horror filmmaking at its finest. I give it a 4.5/5.
- Fright Night
This is Peter Vincent, back once more as host of Fright Night!
#4 of 31 days of Halloween
Tom Holland’s (not that one) Fright Night begins with a pan into a teenaged boy’s room. The theme music to a schlocky horror program of the same name hosted by a Vincent Price mimic blares from the tinny speakers of his television set. In the show, Roddy McDowall as the famed horror leading man – Peter Vincent – slays vampires by driving stakes through their hearts. The scene within a scene sets the tone for Fright Night beautifully: it’s silly, b-movie fun filled with nostalgia for the classic horror of the days of Bela Lugosi.
- Fright Night
If you're naked I'm absolutely going to look.
#5 of 31 days of Halloween
A brilliant update of a solid classic horror in all the ways that matter; slicker, smarter, and better set-pieces. Also, wow that one-take very Children of Men-esque car sequence. Maybe one of my favorite horror set-pieces ever. Fright Night (2011) is a 4/5.
- House
They wake up when they're hungry.
#6 of 31 days of Halloween
I've never dropped acid. But, I imagine it would be not too dissimilar from watching House.
A 4/5.
- The Face of Another
I want to extinguish every last light in the world or gouge out all of humanity's eyes.
#7 of 31 days of Halloween
Indexicality, identity, and persecution
- Birth
I'm Sean
#8 of 31 days of Halloween
Existential horror in the purest sense. Maybe one of my favorite scores in all of cinema. Love this film so so much.
I don't understand how anyone can dislike this film.
- Raw
Your mum was tough at first. Kept saying I was her best friend at school. It drove me nuts! It's not like she had a boyfriend. Just me. And then we had our first kiss. And I understood...
#9 of 31 days of Halloween
When I first reviewed Raw back in March, I said, "Julia Ducournau's feature debut is utterly gorgeous, stomach-churning cinema. It is very much of the school what you do see - if done right - is absolutely scarier." This re-watch has only cemented my intense adoration for what has to be one of the great and most assured directorial debuts of the 21st century.
Raw rewards on re-watches. As the utter delirium of the surprises fades away, you're left with an intensely visual exploration of conformity, the terror of coming of age, dehumanization, and the unknowability of sexuality. Raw's the rare film that bathes itself in metaphor, but never loses its eye for surface-level spectacle.
And what a spectacle it is. Ruben Impen's magnificent camerawork swoops through throngs of undulating bodies that thrust about and gyrate before Justine. What starts out as a mass of hostile and intimidating people - people that dehumanize Justine via hazing - becomes a veritable feeding ground by the end of the film. Justine's reversal of the dehumanization: as she drunkenly lurches onto dancers, only serves to highlight the ways that Ducournau transforms the veterinary students into slabs of meat to be digested.
This is stunning, harrowing, suffocatingly atmospheric cinema. And, it's one of the very best 2017 has to offer. Now my second favorite of the year.
- You're Next
I stuck a blender in his head.
#10 of 31 days of Halloween
A gruesomely inventive blend of the home invasion and slasher subgenres. It may not totally deconstruct genre conventions, but it sure has fun playing with them.
You're Next is a 4.5/5. So glad I revisited this one.
...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Though I've seen little of Lynch's work, Each one is a masterpiece in its own right. Very few do the surreal in such a dark, twisted, or melancholic way.
]]>My personal picks for the best of the 2010s thus far. Not necessarily my favorites (though both Her and Two Days, One Night are my 2 favorite of the past 6 years), but rather what I think are the best films released so far.
]]>Though not all of these films are strictly horror, these are the films that have gotten under my skin in some way or another.
- The Shining
- Alien
- Rosemary's Baby
- Suspiria
- Halloween
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Evil Dead II
- The Evil Dead
- Psycho
- Lost Highway
...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>I don't have very many yet, but I'm slowly building it out. I tend to go for my absolute favorite films in the collection over films that have great supplements (though it's always a huge plus if I like the film and it has great supplements). Ranking isn't actually a ranking, but ordered from earliest bought to newest.
]]>Marvel - particularly Spider-man - has been near and dear to my heart since the Raimi movies came out and introduced me to the wonders of superheroes and comics. Seeing the growth and interconnectedness of the MCU since then has been an absolute dream come true. Here's hoping Civil War will be a incredible as it's comic event counter-part.
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- The Avengers
- Captain America: Civil War
- Iron Man
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Iron Man 3
- Ant-Man
- Doctor Strange
...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Last year I made a "Top 10 of 2015". My point in making it was to highlight both films I had only gotten around to in 2016 and to recognize films I saw in 2015, didn't love, but recognize as significant works of art.
So, I've been waiting to do one for 2016 since I've been playing catch-up for the last three months. This certainly isn't comprehensive, I have some glaring omissions: I have yet to see Elle, Things to Come, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and more. But, in reviewing the 2016 releases that I have seen, I think I feel comfortable ranking what I have seen. So, without further ado, here are the ten best films from 2016 (in my opinion).
]]>A ranked list of one of the best, most enigmatic, and most ethereal directors working today. I've still got a lot of films to see, and positions will change, but this is it so far.
]]>Because last year was maybe one of the best years for documentary filmmaking I've ever seen, here are the highlights. (And as a side note: as great as Moonlight's win was last night - and it was awesome - my favorite moment was OJ winning best doc. Best movie of the year IMO won in a year that was *extremely* competitive for docs).
I'll be adding more as I see more, but it was a phenomenal year.
]]>A list of films I viewed in 2016 ranked from favorite to least favorite.
Update: I'll have to keep altering this description as we close out the year. But, to all of the people going on about how bad this year was for movies...I don't know what you're seeing, but this year has been great. So far:
Love: 1-62
Like: 63-71
Take it or leave it: 72-79
Don't like: 80-85
Description only goes to 85 because I saw 85 in 2016, the following were seen in 2017:
- A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
- Paterson
- Spa Night
- Silence
- Always Shine
- engers
- Magnificent 7
- Neruda
- La La Land
- The Handmaiden
- Arrival
- Moonlight
- The Neon Demon
- Jackie
- Kubo and the Two Strings
- American Honey
- O.J.: Made in America
- Silence
...plus 83 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>A work in progress, this list is comprised of films I view as essential for everyone to view. It's not just for cinephiles or budding filmmakers; this list is for everyone.
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Lawrence of Arabia
- The Act of Killing
- Blade Runner
- Jurassic Park
- Finding Nemo
- Apocalypse Now
- The Graduate
- The Jungle Book
...plus 59 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>This is a list of all of the films I viewed in 2014 ranked from favorite to least favorite.
- Wild
- Whiplash
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- The One I Love
- Foxcatcher
- Gone Girl
- Boyhood
- Inherent Vice
- Nightcrawler
- Selma
...plus 31 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>This is a list of films that I viewed in 2015 ranked from favorite to least favorite.
- Room
- The Revenant
- Anomalisa
- Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
- The Danish Girl
- Brooklyn
- Steve Jobs
- Beasts of No Nation
- It Follows
- Mad Max: Fury Road
...plus 55 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Well, after seeing A Separation, I'm convinced that Farhadi is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time. I was less impressed with About Elly, but it, too, is a great film. So, I'll be populating this list with his stuff as I get to it.
]]>Now that we're over halfway through 2016, I decided to groom my Most Anticipated list (eventually this will become my Fall/Winter list). We've had a decent year so far. Hopefully 2016 pt.2 is as good as 2016 pt. 1
- La La Land
- Moonlight
- The Handmaiden
- Manchester by the Sea
- Fences
- Spa Night
- Una
- Nocturnal Animals
- The Monster
- Arrival
...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Definitely need to see more from Gilliam, but this is what I've got thus far. One of the great visual geniuses of film.
]]>So, since I'm playing fast and loose with the Hooptober rules, I decided to name what I'm doing 31 Days of Halloween. Since there are 8 non-horror films that I'll be seeing in October (for class/just stuff I want to see in the theater), I'm getting a head start this Friday. Below is the movie menu. Here's to the best time of the year!
- Inferno
It's not my favorite of Argento's, yet it's hard not to be impressed by the mind-bending utilization of gels here. Technically, this is utterly tremendous. I give it a 4/5.
- Suspiria
It's always a nerve-wracking journey to plunge back into a film you so loved the first go around. "Will it fall in my estimation? Will its flaws become more apparent?" Well, in the case of Argento's neon-drenched masterpiece of a giallo, the impossible has been achieved: the film has actually risen in my estimation. I give Suspiria a 5/5 - a true horror masterpiece.
- The Shining
The Shining is a film that drowns us in atmosphere and only lets us pick our heads up for air when the final credits have rolled. It is no less than the finest horror film ever made; and one of the finest films ever made period.
"Midnight with the stars and you
Midnight and a rendez-vousYour eyes held a message tender
Saying "I surrender all my love to you"Midnight brought us sweet romance
I know all my whole life throughI'll be ing you
Whatever else I doMidnight with the stars and you"
I give The Shining a 5/5, of course.
- Halloween
In many ways the film is somewhat emblematic of the time and the genre of horror as a whole. It allows women to assert a great deal of narrative power, but, in the end, it reinforces the stereotype that female sexuality is to be banned while male sexuality enforces the norms. I give Halloween a 5/5.
- Alien
Alien is easily Ridley Scott's greatest film and it is simply one of the greatest films period. I give it a 5/5.
- The Wicker Man
It's worth it for the creepy atmosphere and wonderful music. I give The Wicker Man a 3.5/5.
- Friday the 13th
In many ways Friday the 13th's legacy eclipses the quality of the film itself. Nevertheless, the film remains a chilling and somewhat effective piece of horror thirty-six years on. I give it a 3.5/5.
- Don't Look Now
The amount of mental gymnastics that must have gone into simply keeping all of these clues and narrative strands kempt is mind-boggling. I give Don't Look Now a 4.5/5.
- Eyes Without a Face
What truly impressed me from this now fifty-six year old film is how utterly gruesome it can be. Flaps of facial tissue are folded and severed in stunning detail. It's really quite gory stuff. And, oh that wonderful reveal! I give Eyes without a Face a 4/5.
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
A parable against McCarthyism tainted by the cynicism of the post-Vietnam, post-Watergate age, Kaufman's update of the sci-fi classic builds tension effectively with a brilliant cast and solid practical effects. I give it a 4/5.
...plus 21 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>My absolute favorite horror director. I stumbled upon Dario Argento this summer while looking for international horror flicks. But, after watching Suspiria, it was love at first sight. Argento has a textured madness to his films that other horror just can't replicate. I get the same rush watching Suspiria and Phenomena that I do while watching Fury Road. Simply, put, Argento's best is intoxicating. I've made little headway in his ouvre, but, it's only because I want to savor each entry. Here's to one of the greatest horror directors to ever grace the silver screen...
]]>Jaime Rebanal just posted a Raimi list and I realized I hadn't done one yet, even though Raimi is one of my faves. So, here I'm correcting that.
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