Christopher Haim Pro

Favorite films

  • Paris, Texas
  • s Ha
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Synecdoche, New York

All
  • The House Is Black

  • Dead Horizons

  • DumbLand

  • MnM

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Wanda

1970

★★★★ Watched

This reminded me of Gina Rowlands in A Woman Under the Influence after she had her script for antidepressants filled.

Monster

2023

★★★★★ Liked Watched

The freedom of childhood innocence with the melancholic piano was such a beautiful feeling. I felt so bad for all of the characters involved because they all had the best of intentions with the worst consequences of misunderstanding. As usual, Kore-eda does this phenomenal job at showing multiple perspectives within a film that gives a full picture of the narrative while still keeping it consistently interesting, reminiscent of Mishima in that way. But instead of the focal point being on…

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Ace in the Hole

1951

★★★★½ Watched

Kirk Douglas plays a maniacal, selfish asshole better than any other. Plus this watch further confirms that Wilder’s films are just endlessly quotable. This film is also a beautiful time capsule of the southwest.

The Paperboy

2012

Watched

This should be like good trashy, but it’s like bad trashy.

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