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Late 80’s giallo… watched on the big screen. Pretty damn good. Bava Jr. goes hard…

Watched this on the big screen… incredible picture.

Watched on Wednesday May 7, 2025.

Bava does not always click for me, but I found this quite captivating. Gothic drama beauty…

Watched on Wednesday April 30, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 30, 2025.

Rollin will go down as one of Cinema’s greatest perverts of all time…

A thrill from start to finish… it’s brilliant

I am a Gangstalker honey, we torture Portuguese citizens for our lunar psychological experiments.

It looks incredible, visually triumphant. I had a good time, and it does not overstay its welcome. Good soundtrack. Basically, everything I want out of a French New Wave ass film. Yeah, the lead womanizer male is kinda a douchebag… but that’s kind of how it goes for these things (he’s a writer).

Watched on Friday March 28, 2025.

Nine Part Italian Sex Comedy Anthology 

My ranking of each sketch:

1. Viaggio di nozze
2. Due cuori e una baracca
3. Signora, sono le otto
4. Lavoratore italiano all'estero
5. Un amore difficile
6 La vendetta
7. Torna piccina mia
8. L'ospite
9. Non è mai troppo tarde

Watched on Monday March 10, 2025.

It looks beautiful but I did not find it all too compelling. Sleaze-ball erotic thriller that for some reason is (incorrectly) being called giallo.

Super weird and beautifully shot, I really liked it. They’re calling this an early “giallo”, but it feels more adjacent to the sub-genre.

Greatest city in da world ♥️

Rewatched at a midnight screening in 35mm. I think my biggest takeaway this time around is Gaslini’s / Goblin’s incredible score. They cranked the sound up to the maximum level at the Vista and it was hitting… I truly would say as a whole, it’s the best within Argento’s filmography. 

My favorite performance of Daria Nicolodi. I was not quite fond of David Hemmings the first time I watched this, but he’s grown on me.

Every Argento should be watched at the stroke of midnight.

Watched on Tuesday January 21, 2025.

Watched on Monday January 20, 2025.

Watched on Sunday January 19, 2025.

Much needed watch, one of the last few of Lynch I haven’t seen. Straight Story next. RIP

Rewatched on 35mm print @ Los Feliz 3, even better on the big screen… It’s just crazy that this is Argento’s debut.

Rewatched in 35mm at a packed 1pm screening, beautiful.

Stylized, stunning pictures with a justified long runtime. Even with how brilliant it looked, this film bugged me. Not even trying to be annoying here but… I’m questioning what it's trying to say overall. What is it trying to say??? Literally. It is subtle, but I think it has a dumb message.

Not sure why, but the Sherlock Holmes and Watson beavers had me dying.

Monica Vitti threatening suicide took me out

Incredible soundtrack, incredibly funny, a trademark Vitti performance.

Watched on Sunday November 10, 2024.

This made me confront my relationship with rage.

I really did like this. Always a big proponent of stop-motion. The way it’s captured here feels like a huge achievement. Although, I did kinda start to lose interest toward the latter half because it felt… redundant? Not sure how to articulate it but still enjoyable. I like the sounds of glass breaking, the footsteps, wooden floors creaking, drawers opening, etc.

👁️ 🌀⚕️🌟🌄

Watched on Saturday October 26, 2024.

Watched on Friday October 25, 2024.

Watched on Wednesday October 23, 2024.

Watched on Saturday October 19, 2024.

Watched on Monday October 14, 2024.

In no way did I expect to get a vintage Argento feature, but I went in hopeful… and still at no point did this resemble anything from his body of work or even his creative spirit. Asia puts in probably one of her worst performances. The somewhat redeeming factor this film has is its little bit of heart, but I’m not coming to Argento for feel good moments! Is my goat washed??

Watched on Friday October 11, 2024.

Watched on Monday October 7, 2024.

The French countryside looks so beautiful, but also very creepy.

I could look at shots of pastures, country roads and rural landscapes in this world all day long. Okay so, I saw some complaints about the first half… but it works for me! We learn so much about Michelle and Marie in the first 25 minutes, even without any elaborate backstory (I mean, they are literally introduced as clowns on the run.. shooting at a car in a high speed chase… the opening sequence is so sick). We slowly build toward the eventual encounter at the Vampire Chateau.     

For a film with so little dialogue, so much is said through the two main characters and their actions.  That’s why I really liked this, doesn’t hurt that it's highly stylized as well.

There are uncomfortable moments (bat oral sex is crazy…) but I think this is another gem from Rollin. I ire his take on the Vampire genre.

Most annoying couple of all time, why would you even want to spend a weekend with them.

ewww

Watched on Saturday September 28, 2024.

No one stares with tears in their eyes on the big screen quite like Miss Huppert.

loneliness in LA mentioned!!!!

Classic Giallo in of imagery and tone. Banger of a Morricone score.  I’m forgiving this one for sorta losing the plot toward the end. Think this is an essential watch within the genre.

Watched on Monday September 2, 2024.

Watched on Sunday September 1, 2024.

Disturbing but utterly compelling.

10/10 score from Roberto Pregadio, shame it is not available physically.

1. Summer Night with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil
2. Swept Away
3. Love and Anarchy
4. The Seduction of Mimi
5. Seven Beauties
6. All Screwed Up
7. Blood Feud
8. The Belle Starr Story
9. Ferdinando and Carolina

1. Suspiria
2. Tenebre
3. Four Flies on Grey Velvet
4. Phenomena
5. Inferno
6. Deep Red
7. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
8. Opera
9. The Cat o' Nine Tails
10. The Stendhal Syndrome

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Favorites of Gialli I have seen so far 🇮🇹

• The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh
• What Have You Done to Solange?
• Tenebre
• The Perfume of the Lady in Black
• The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
• All the Colors of the Dark
• The Case of the Bloody Iris
• Blood and Black Lace
• Four Flies on Grey Velvet
• Don't Torture a Duckling

all of the VHS tapes i own (thus far)

• Sabotage
• Weekend
• Dersu Uzala
• The Exterminating Angel
• Good Will Hunting
• Vertigo
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Breathless
• Dancer in the Dark
• Citizen Kane

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1. Weekend
2. A Woman Is a Woman
3. Masculin Féminin
4. La Chinoise
5. Contempt
6. Pierrot le Fou
7. Goodbye to Language
8. Breathless
9. Band of Outsiders
10. Vivre Sa Vie

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• Ticket of No Return
• Freak Orlando
• Johanna d’Arc of Mongolia
• Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press
• Madame X – An Absolute Ruler

• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Rushmore
• The Darjeeling Limited
• The Royal Tenenbaums
• Asteroid City
• The French Dispatch
• Moonrise Kingdom
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• Bottle Rocket
• Fantastic Mr. Fox

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