Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964

★★★★ Liked 4

great cinematography, great performances, and very funny. i think i was supposed to love this more and i probably will someday, just not now.

Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

2009

★★★★ Liked 5

Man. Damien Chazelle really loves his jazz, man. Also I know it’s like really amateurish and low budget but why does this have a 3.0 average rating? I really liked it idk

The Seventh Seal

1957

★★★★½ Liked 4

Oh, this was great. Took me a little bit to get into it and get used to it’s tone (I’m like that with most religious films), but once I was in it....I was in it. Great ending and also LOVED how it was shot. The framing was super interesting and I basically liked looking at every shot.

Red Beard

1965

★★★★★ Liked 2

Just gonna come right out and say it...better than ‘Seven Samurai’. This had my attention from beginning to end. Everything about it was flawless, not to mention how moved I was by the end. It tackles the idea of death as well as mental health and the morals surrounding that (and much more), and I’m probably gonna what I learned from this film forever. I can’t believe I’m saying this about a 3 hour long black&white film from the 60s but I’m PROBABLY gonna watch it again soon. Loved it.

A Clockwork Orange

1971

★★★★ Liked 10

Pretty amazing as a whole thing but I just wish the middle was as interesting and surreal as the beginning and end.  Deserves a rewatch. Great poster.

Fat Girl

2001

★★½ 2

I thought a few parts were well done but I was basically underwhelmed for most of it and then the ending was just way too much. I was just not enjoying my time watching this and yeah I know that might be the point but also I just feel like it could've been told a bit more interestingly. Men are trash, though.

Close-Up

1990

★★★★½ Liked 3

A beautifully bare-boned film that I can truly say is unlike anything I’ve seen. Probably not for everyone but the story is soo damn interesting to me. I’ll leave it at that.


I’m also just realizing this was my 69th out of 100 films this summer and I totally regret not wathing ‘Love’ instead.

Rashomon

1950

★★★★ Liked 2

my third kurosawa. feminist but also totally not, amazing camerawork, overall a good time that’ll probably be stuck in my head for the next few days.

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

1985

★★★★★ Liked 7

Overwhelmingly beautiful to a point where I definitely owe it a revisit because before I could fully digest one line, we were on to another even more layered piece of writing. Maybe one of the best written films I've seen, one of my new favorite endings, and EASILY my new favorite score.

I am so late to this train but Paul Schrader is the freaking MAN.

Persona

1966

★★★★½ Liked 6

Confused but I think it was really good. Lol

Taxi Driver

1976

★★★★½ Liked 6

jazz music? rewarding ending? COLORS? Yeah, this is great.

Eyes Without a Face

1960

★★★★ Liked 1

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