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Had a great date night with this one. Visually dazzling and thematically bewildering. A unique indie for 2025 worth catching on Amazon!

I made this movie and I think I did a pretty good job.

Always perfect

The most interestingly shot and edited film I’ve ever seen. The special features on the criterion Blu-ray are amazing too.

Good old fashioned feel good comedy with 100 needle drops. They sure don’t make em like this anymore, probably for a reason.

Why’d ye spill yer beans?

This is my second watch through and I am convinced that Tom and Ephraim are the same person having a mental break.

Supremely funny, poignant and entertaining

Heartwarming and surprising! What a wholesome doc. I love the idea of just taking some time off and spending time with your dog for 3 weeks which turns into 3 years.

BEST OF ALL TIME

This was maybe my fav horror film of this year so far. It’s like a heart attack in a movie. The expansion on the conflict setpieces in Civil War that I think we ALL asked for.

This was super fun and refreshing. Watched with my girlfriend, and it was extremely weird to see a similar relationship dynamic until one of them turned out to be a serial killer. Yikes.

Hilarious! Charming Mockumentary.

A rip roaring creative tour de force. If it didn’t come out so soon before The Substance you could swear the substance ripped this off. The style, editing, color, and visuals are off the charts here and the soundtrack bangs too. This is my kinda movie all around, I can’t wait to see what Eddie Alcazar does next.

This was sad and painful

Best Netflix miniseries ever made

This is a masterpiece, can’t believe I slept on it this long.

Half baked, relatively excruciating watch. Way too serious, but good acting. Way too long for what it is, and really lacks a satisfying conclusion in any way.

Incredible. So deserving of best animation. The reflections, constant camera movement, light and sound are all top notch. Absolute congratulations to the filmmakers.

An allegorical sci-fi in the same vein as Okja, for some reason I think Bong is dumbing down his vision for American audiences (I can’t blame him, but don’t appreciate it). Something about Korean directors making English language films never works well for me. I do think that he didn’t do as much as he could have with the premise, for instance we had the opportunity to see Mickey die 17 times and go through those emotions, final words…. He treats it all rather blasé, even the first death. 

Overall I was glad to see this in the theaters and I’m glad the movies exists as opposed to not. Would make a great double feature with Beau is Afraid.

Watched on Wednesday March 12, 2025.

Liked this way more than Longlegs. Theo James is doing a lot of great things in this, especially his voiceover!

So refreshing and cool! I love the structure and style, more please!

While not inherently transphobic, this film is definitely racist. One star off. Still probably my 3rd favorite depalma

One of the better recent westerns. I really appreciated this on rewatch.

Wow! What a surprisingly funny and chilling existential and surreal film. Just my shit. William Peter Blatty is such an interesting writer, and that is this films only fault, it feels like a writer made this with no director or editor. It still works for me and it’s cool that it’s a spiritual successor to The Exorcist and large inspiration for Shutter Island.

At first I thought this was an awesome sequel, then I realized it might be a prequel, then I realized it was a revolution film? By the end I was so confused I wanted to just stop asking questions and forget what I watched.

Super cool concept, very well executed.

Loved this, we need a late night show that’s fr just this.

I was so surprised by this. My favorite newer indie creature feature. Insane script.

Watched on Saturday February 22, 2025.

Perfect and so witty

Watched on Friday February 21, 2025.

Watched on Thursday February 20, 2025.

Unsettling and spooky, totally immersive period piece. I love this film.

Holy shit this knocked my socks off. What a thrilling and wild ride. I loved going into this blind since it seems relatively untalked about at least compared to many other sci fis of this century, although I think this is better than most. Incredible imagery and direction with a killer screenplay and score. This should be on everyone’s radar I’ve already told 3 people to watch it.

I had so much fun with this. It has great pacing and amazing imagery. It’s pretty goofy and I wish it took itself slightly more seriously, but I guess that’s what the original film is for. I was so surprised by how much I liked this.

Ya, uh, wtf is this supposed to be

This movie made me unconsolable. So unique, riveting and heartbreaking. An experience I will not soon forget. 

On a technical note the editing and use of structure in the screenplay interplay in a way I think is so outstanding. I hope to see many more movies that are this creative and experiential.

Singular, sublimely horrifying.

Watched on Saturday January 18, 2025.

I’ve watched this 3 times this week

As good as a one room nic pizzolato script can be.

Really frustrating main character.

More hilarious the second time but still stupid

Damn we did not deserve such a good American monster movie

Brilliantly endearing

Yearly rewatch with my girlfriend and best friend stoned out of our gourds. Very scary and awesome.

The books probably better

Very stylish, moody, and spooky, but left something to be desired for me. I think the pacing plods a bit too much. The production and sound design are top notch. I couldn’t get behind the visual theory they were going for (someone give me an explanation about Eggers forgetting what head room is in a shot), but this film does include some of the most iconic imagery of the year. I’m honestly very conflicted about how I feel about it at the end of the day. Will need a rewatch, probably not soon.

This was a fun surprise! Awesome score, great cast of characters and a fun retelling of a familiar tale. I can’t believe I’ve never watched it before and I wonder why it’s not on many peoples holiday movie tradition radar. My dad laughed anytime someone got hit in the head or fell on the ground.

Watched this in the middle of making an outline about Hunter S Thompson’s run for sheriff in aspen in 1970. Scrapped the draft and started rewriting because this is such a good re enactment of the true story. Then I learned RFK JRs son made this. The world is fucking weird, man.

• Flight of the Phoenix
• Titanic
• The Aviator
• Sunshine
• The Flight of the Phoenix
• Midway
• Tora! Tora! Tora!
• The African Queen
• Masters of the Air
• Pearl Harbor

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My list of 2024 movies I saw

1. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2. Dune: Part Two
3. Civil War
4. Love Lies Bleeding
5. The Substance
6. Anora
7. Snack Shack
8. Terrifier 3
9. The First Omen
10. Flow

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
• Hanover Street
• Napoleon
• Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
• The Dam Busters
• The Deer Hunter
• Devotion
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever
• Lawrence of Arabia
• The General

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Men Behind the Sun
• Ravenous
• Mandy
• The Devils
• Hellraiser
• Hellraiser
• The Sadness
• I Saw the TV Glow
• The Substance
• I Saw the Devil

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• mother!
• Ravenous
• Hellraiser
• Mandy
• Possessor
• Alien
• Midsommar

All the shit I’ve had to watch for film school, ranked

1. Network
2. The Bad and the Beautiful
3. A Face in the Crowd
4. Lawrence of Arabia
5. American Honey
6. Easy Rider
7. Pi
8. Cléo from 5 to 7
9. On the Waterfront
10. Out of the Past

...plus 92 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Nope
2. Armageddon Time
3. Top Gun: Maverick
4. Devotion
5. Babylon
6. Everything Everywhere All at Once
7. The Fabelmans
8. Amsterdam
9. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
10. Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My personal favorites for many reasons. It's always changing because there's so many favorites I'm always forgetting are better than these. PS yes I know there’s 11 but I can’t decide what to take or leave in so don’t @ me alright

1. American Graffiti
2. Network
3. Brick
4. Her
5. The Thin Red Line
6. Mandy
7. Boogie Nights
8. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
9. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
10. Terminator 2: Judgment Day

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Looker
• Under the Skin
• Seconds
• Eyes Without a Face
• Annihilation
• mother!
• Possessor
• Pi
• Cam
• Eyes of Laura Mars

• Macbeth
• The Seventh Seal
• Queen Christina
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
• The Green Knight
• I Saw the Devil
• No Country for Old Men
• Mandy
• The Trial of Joan of Arc

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Slacker
• Before Sunrise
• Waking Life
• Tape
• American Honey
• Good Time
• Uncut Gems
• American Graffiti
• The Last Picture Show
• Bicycle Thieves

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Credit where credit is due.

• Hellraiser
• Tape
• The Beyond
• Hotel
• Identity
• The Night
• Pi

The most psychedelic movies I’ve seen or are good to see on drugs

• Under the Silver Lake
• Mandy
• Midsommar
• Nice Dreams
• Bad Times at the El Royale
• Apocalypse Now
• Upstream Color
• Donnie Darko
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Brazil

...plus 20 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Movies that make me fall in love

• The Brothers Bloom
• Rushmore
• Across the Universe
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Back to the Future
• Star Wars
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Pulp Fiction
• Guava Island

...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I love Korean cinema, my favorite Korean director is Kim Jee-woon, and these are his movies I’ve seen.

• I Saw the Devil
• A Bittersweet Life
• Illang: The Wolf Brigade
• The Age of Shadows
• The Last Stand

1. Possessor
2. Eric Andre: Legalize Everything
3. The Catch
4. The Trial of the Chicago 7
5. Mank
6. Hollywood
7. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
8. The Blue Orchid
9. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
10. The King of Staten Island

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Wizard of Oz
• Tale of Tales
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Secret Garden
• Gretel & Hansel
• Pinocchio
• Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

• Columbus
• The Mountain
• Mandy
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• First Man
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• The Wind Rises
• A Ghost Story
• Oblivion
• Paterson

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

All the film that made me cry of fear or just generally make me paranoid and/or sick

• mother!
• Dunkirk
• American Animals
• Super Dark Times
• Whiplash
• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Apocalypse Now
• The Neon Demon
• Only God Forgives
• The Master

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The movies that have been the most influential on my own film style and storytelling.

• Inception
• Her
• To the Wonder
• Brick
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1
• Good Time
• A Serious Man
• Across the Universe
• Blade Runner
• We Own the Night

...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

All the movies I’ve seen more than 4 times and still love

• Snatch
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Dunkirk
• Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• The Incredibles
• Inception
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Superbad
• 10 Cloverfield Lane

...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

So far...

1. Apollo 11
2. Marriage Story
3. The Lighthouse
4. 1917
5. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
6. Chernobyl
7. Parasite
8. The Two Popes
9. Lucy in the Sky
10. Booksmart

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Graduate
• Say Anything...
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• To the Wonder
• Her
• Sing Street

The greatest of the greatest era in American cinema

• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Full Metal Jacket
• Die Hard
• Firefox
• The Thing
• Gremlins
• The Shining
• Big Trouble in Little China
• Blood Simple
• Airplane!

...plus 16 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

In no particular order

• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Inception
• Tale of Tales
• Django Unchained
• The Lighthouse
• Lady Bird
• Her
• Super Dark Times
• The Old Man & the Gun
• Cold War

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

It’s kinda cold and desaturated, very lonely. You can almost smell it. I can’t explain it but these movies have that feeling.

• Brick
• Super Dark Times
• Being There
• To the Wonder
• Upstream Color
• Yes, God, Yes
• First Reformed
• The Village
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Se7en

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

My fav of the master

• Her
• Inherent Vice
• The Master
• You Were Never Really Here
• We Own the Night

My ranking of what I've seen of the 2018 releases.

1. The Old Man & the Gun
2. The Favourite
3. Cold War
4. Bad Times at the El Royale
5. Vice
6. You Were Never Really Here
7. First Man
8. American Animals
9. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
10. Annihilation

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Some directors make movies about lots of things. Here’s some films from filmographies that have some extreme poles.

• Silence
• The Wolf of Wall Street
• A Hidden Life
• Badlands
• Noah
• mother!
• The Mission
• The Killing Fields

Movies that have the energy Kingdom didn’t give us...

• The Mummy
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
• John Carter
• National Treasure
• National Treasure: Book of Secrets
• The Da Vinci Code
• Angels & Demons
• Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

All subjective of course!

1. Star Wars
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
4. Solo: A Star Wars Story
5. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
6. Star Wars: The Force Awakens
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
9. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith
10. Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

• Cold War
• Slow West
• Dunkirk
• It Comes at Night
• The Witch
• At Eternity's Gate
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Apollo 11
• Mickey and the Bear
• TRON: Legacy

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

From laundry to 180 million dollars, why can’t Hollywood learn?

• Mission: Impossible – Fallout
• Triple Frontier

A list of films I hated... then thought about some more, and was like damn that’s good stuff

• Apocalypse Now
• The Shining
• Chinatown
• Brazil
• Twelve Monkeys
• American Beauty
• mother!
• Upstream Color
• Blade Runner
• Mad Max

All the movies I’ve seen at SXSW 2019, ranked.

1. Apollo 11
2. The Peanut Butter Falcon
3. Get Duked!
4. The Art of Self-Defense
5. Booksmart
6. Long Shot
7. Snatchers
8. Pet Sematary
9. Mickey and the Bear
10. Villains

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Old movies that are more realistic than anything CGI could do.

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Star Wars
• Alien
• Jason and the Argonauts
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• The World, the Flesh and the Devil
• Battle of Britain
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
• Mad Max
• The Exorcist

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Arctic
• The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
• Alita: Battle Angel
• Apollo 11
• Captive State
• Captain Marvel
• Dumbo
• Us
• The Beach Bum
• The Best of Enemies

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

the movie after the first, not just any movie in a franchise.

1. The Dark Knight
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. TRON: Legacy
5. Aliens
6. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
7. Casino Royale
8. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
10. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

• Ex Machina
• At Eternity's Gate
• Operation Finale
• A Most Violent Year
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Suburbicon
• The Nativity Story
• Outlaws - For Greater Glory
• Annihilation

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

All the anthology films I can think of.

• The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
• Pulp Fiction
• Tale of Tales
• Paris Je T'aime
• Cloud Atlas
• 21 Grams
• Coffee and Cigarettes
• To Each His Own Cinema
• Person to Person
• Nightmares

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Roma
• Her
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• The Man Who Would Be King
• Inception
• To the Wonder
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
• Super Dark Times
• Blade Runner
• A Serious Man

...plus 41 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Thin Red Line
• To the Wonder
• Days of Heaven
• The Tree of Life
• Badlands
• Knight of Cups

• Tale of Tales
• Cinema Paradiso
• Boogie Nights
• Django Unchained
• While We're Young
• Faces Places
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Super Dark Times
• Schindler's List
• Mad Max: Fury Road

...plus 59 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Ring
• Mulholland Drive
• The Ring
• The Exorcist
• The Blair Witch Project
• The Witch
• The Orphanage
• V/H/S
• Black Swan
• Cannibal Holocaust

...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The greatest of one of the greatest franchises of our time. To be honest, listing them doesn't do a service, they're all good except 2, so watch them all.

1. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
2. Mission: Impossible – Fallout
3. Mission: Impossible
4. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
5. Mission: Impossible III
6. Mission: Impossible II

This is a list of films that everyone loves for the sole reason of the celebrity (used as a general noun not necessarily referring to any specific person) and not because of of any artistic or creative merit in the film. Basically, these movies are famous solely because of the names that made them, if I had made them, they would be considered the worst of all time.

• Solaris
• Sin City
• Thor: Ragnarok
• Mission: Impossible II
• Avatar
• Black Hawk Down
• Bella

The best of the greatest.

1. A Serious Man
2. No Country for Old Men
3. The Village
4. Blade Runner 2049
5. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
6. Sicario
7. True Grit
8. Rango
9. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
10. Fargo

...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

The top 10 new movies I saw from 2017.

1. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2. Lady Bird
3. Good Time
4. Dunkirk
5. Blade Runner 2049
6. Baby Driver
7. Get Out
8. The Shape of Water
9. The Lost City of Z
10. It Comes at Night

Merry Hanukkah

• The Polar Express
• Elf
• Die Hard
• White Christmas
• Going My Way
• Home Alone
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

The Mad Max movies of the genius George Miller, ranked.

1. Mad Max: Fury Road
2. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
3. Mad Max
4. Mad Max 2