Ben Challoner Pro

East Asian cinema obsessive and host of The Third Window Films Podcast 🤓

Favorite films

  • A Samurai in Time
  • The Box Man
  • House of Sayuri
  • The Killer Goldfish

All
  • Hell of a Summer

    ★★★

  • Revelations

    ★★★

  • The Electric State

    ★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

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Hell of a Summer

2023

★★★ Watched

As a lifelong fan of summer camp slashers I had a good time with this. It’s not the game-changing throwback that the promo hype promised, but as a comedic retread through the tropes there are worse ways you could spend 90 minutes. 

I think Bryk and Wolfhard are probably a good choice for the Idle Hands remake. It’s another film that meant a lot to me back in the day, so fingers crossed.

Revelations

2025

★★★ Watched

Whilst it isn’t as depressingly bleak as THE KING OF PIGS, it’s the closest thing to the pitch black animated stuff he became famous for back in the day 🙏

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Drive My Car

2021

★★★★★ Liked Watched

Yup! DRIVE MY CAR is a slow, sad, sexy masterpiece! I went in hyped to the rafters and it still managed to exceed my expectations. A supremely complex study of grief and guilt but also a truly heart-rending look at relationships in general. As of now this is my film of the year!

River

2023

★★★★½ Liked 2

I can’t explain how fucking good this film is! Where BEYOND THE INFINITE TWO MINUTES is a heady exploration of time, this is a really lovely and leisurely look at time loop theory that is consistently hilarious and really moving. I laughed so much and very nearly cried! 

I can’t wait to see it again and I soooooooo excited that it’s another slice of THIRD WINDOW FILMS gold. Covering this on the podcast when we release it on Blu-ray next year is going to be so much fun!