Michael Tan

Favorite films

  • Blade Runner 2049
  • The Shining
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • GoodFellas

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  • Thunderbolts*

    ★★

  • All Quiet on the Western Front

    ★★★½

  • After Hours

    ★★★★

  • Past Lives

    ★★★★½

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After Hours

1985

★★★★ 1

Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours” is a comedy, according to the strict definition of that word: It ends hapily, and there are indications along the way that we’re not supposed to take it seriously. It is, however, the tensest comedy I can , building its nightmare situation step by insidious step until our laughter is hollow, or defensive. This is the work of a master filmmaker who controls his effects so skillfully that I was drained by this film – so…

Past Lives

2023

★★★★½ 2

Better than the godfather, apocalypse now, space odyssey, and other movies of that ilk. Fuck it, even better than goliaths like free guy (w/ryan Reynolds’s)

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The Iron Claw

2023

★★★★½ Watched

An instant classic sci-fi masterpiece of gaglactic proportion

Casino

1995

★★★★ 1

I didnt like it as much as Goodfellas.