Björk: Kafkaesque.
Nate: Lynchian.

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tbh, that whole “dancing to Sweet Home Alabama in a polka-dot dress in the rain” stunt woulda been enough to get me to kill someone too.

Congratulations, Marvel! You cleared the incredibly low bar of making a movie that doesn’t suck!

Of course there are plenty of terrible CGI-filled fight sequences, moments of cheesy forced *~emotion~*, and one-liners that simply don’t land (but, that’s basically the language of the MCU though, right?).

Happy to report that Thunderbolts serves us a bit more than that. Two things stuck out for me in particular. Firstly, the movie displays some of the stronger, more grounded acting turns I’ve seen in a Marvel project in quite some time, especially from Pugh. Even with the accent (sorry Noah), her performance really carries this thing, and she gets sporadic help from both Harbour and Pullman. 

The other thing Thunderbolts really has going for it is its genuinely interesting villain (and I’m not talking about mustache-twirling Selena Meyer). Bob/Sentry/The Void has motives, feelings, ideas and fears that all make sense, and seem to exist outside the simple need to “serve the plot.” Now that’s refreshing.

Honestly, the bulk of the characters and the world of Thunderbolts all feels just a bit more considered than any other post-Endgame Marvel product. (Not to get too spoiler-y here, but the climactic “boss fight” concludes with a hug instead of the usual knockout punch! A rare, cool choice!). I left the theater feeling like I had just watched an actual movie and not, like, a chess move to set up the next 6 phases of Marvel whatever (granted, the whole title change thing at the end did kinda make my eyes roll).

Anyway, it was not my plan to go long on Thunderbolts but, here we are. Good job, Marvel, for righting the ship even just a teeny tiny bit. Hopefully “the cinematic event of the summer” can follow suit.

but the *~experience~* was 5 stars:
—70mm screening
—at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theater
—w/ a belly full of dim sum
—sittin’ w/ the fellas
—in a sold-out crowd of 600 people.

…perhaps the single greatest movie-watching experience of my life???

Mid-lennium Actress, more like.

2025 live action remake idea: Sigourney Weaver does the Fujiwara role (as Sigourney Weaver) and I play the Genya role (as me).

I heard someone call this movie “Great Value brand A Real Pain” and, while that description is kinda rude, it’s not totally inaccurate… But you know what? Sometimes the Great Value version of something is almost as good as the genuine thing!

Equal parts depraved and beautiful. Felt like I’d ran a marathon by the time the credits started rolling (complementary). Shades of Fincher here.

Not my fave Lynch t, but the germ(s) of what I adore in his later projects are definitely present.

There’s lots to like here. I love the committed performances from the “underbelly” characters—Blue Velvet becomes a different (read: better, more interesting) movie once Rossellini and Hopper show up, and that’s in large part because of their willingness to dial it up to eleven. Additionally, the music choices are top-notch and there’s  some truly inspired cinematographic work on display.

That said, the narrative itself (and many of the surrealist/stylistic flourishes) just doesn’t quite get there for me. But Lynch had to make Blue Velvet to eventually arrive at Mulholland Drive, so I’ll forever be grateful for that.

🎶you can check out any time you like, but you can never leeeave [guitar solo 🎸]

Also: you’re telling me there’s really a guy named Balthazar Getty who’s just, like, walking around somewhere on this earth right now???

Ryan Coogler’s From Dusk ‘Til Dawn.

Well folks, it looks like there’s a new Championship Belt holder for “The Most Insane Movie I’ve Ever Seen.”

Previously held by:
The Devils (February 2025–April 2025).
Phantasm (January 2025–February 2025).
Messiah of Evil (October 2024–January 2025).
The Fly (October 2024)
From Beyond (August 2024–October 2024).
Infinity Pool (February 2023–August 2024)
Barbarian (September 2022–February 2023)
Titane (October 2021–September 2022)

what’s a fella gotta do to get a good ankle rub ‘round here?

First time on the big screen! Bless you SLFS! Will forever be my favorite Lynch t.

WATCH IT WATCH IT WATCH IT WATCH IT WATCH IT

🫶

🎶 LET ME BE YOUR HOG! 🎸

If ITYSL is an apple, then UHF is the tree it fell from.

Town Talk w/ the shop teacher then Spatula City then the first episode of Uncle Nutzy’s Clubhouse all happening back to back to back is just an insane 10-minute stretch.

alllllllllrighty then!

Tough sit! Spare yourself and just skip straight to Tarantino’s. Probably the worst thing I’ve seen him direct but I did enjoy how his segment felt more like a play than a movie. Also, it’s strangely the best acting performance of his (Tarantino’s) career (I imagine because he’s just basically playing himself?).

Chapter 1: Meh

Chapter 2: A little better

Chapter 3: pretty good!

Chapter 4: BAAAAAAAAYYY AAAAAAARRRREEEAA!!! THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS WILL WIN THE 2025 NBA FINALS!!!!!

Watched on Tuesday April 1, 2025.

Deranged!!!!! (complimentary)

Note: our programmer at Brewvies was kind enough to censor the REAL moments of animal cruelty that take place in this movie. Buyer beware.

Watched on Monday March 31, 2025.

Watched on Sunday March 30, 2025.

INT. SONY PITCH MEETING, DAY

DIRECTOR PETER CATTANEO: Argentinian I’m Still Here but with Steve Coogan and a penguin.

SONY: 🚦🟢

Watched on Tuesday March 25, 2025.

Did I just forget what an out-and-out masterpiece this is? Is Lady Bird…underrated?

It’s still insane to me that The Shape of Water won best picture over this, Dunkirk, Get Out, Call Me By Your Name, AND Phantom Thread.

Also: Metcalf is throwing an absolute HEATER here. Kinda bummed she lost the Oscar to Janney. 😔

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…I also kinda felt like the rabbit

could also be titled Sex, Lies, and Videotape

I don’t understand the layout of that apartment AT ALL.

Kinda Lynch-y, kinda Hitchcock-y, absolutely nuts, and only 90 minutes long—I’m in! The use of color! The cinematography! The occasional moments of insane gore! San Francisco! Rothko! I’m sure that guy who made Drive (2011) and Only God Forgives (2013) loved this! Thank you, Brewvies!

So insanely Coen-coded (…and maybe a little temple video-coded???). Instantly added to the Comfort Movie Canon™️.

Also: Could you IMAGINE going to the movie theater in December 1946 and doing an It’s A Wonderful Life/A Matter of Life and Death double-header???

Also also: We need to go back to making movies with insane premises like this and then just playing them out with complete earnestness.

Watched on Sunday March 16, 2025.

Watched on Saturday March 15, 2025.

Oh, brother

yeah yeah it’s not the best Ghibli whatever whatever, it’s still MY FAVORITE and nothing’s ever gonna change that!!!!

Brewvies film buff Mondays are undefeated

Watched on Sunday March 9, 2025.

Watched on Sunday March 9, 2025.

Watched on Friday March 7, 2025.

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more like icky 17, amiright everyone?

Uhhhhhhhhhhhm… guys?

what a charming, sweet, beautiful little movie 🥲

Watched on Tuesday March 4, 2025.

Every movie I watch in 2025, ranked.

1. Bergman Island
2. Inside Llewyn Davis
3. The Brutalist
4. A Complete Unknown
5. Conclave
6. September 5
7. Rebuilding
8. Yannick
9. The Swimmer
10. Phantasm

...plus 23 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Every movie I watched in 2024, ranked.

1. A Serious Man
2. There Will Be Blood
3. Jaws
4. Inglourious Basterds
5. The Big Lebowski
6. First Reformed
7. The Social Network
8. Se7en
9. Pulp Fiction
10. Mulholland Drive

...plus 219 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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• The Beast
• La Chimera
• A Different Man
• The Substance
• Alien: Romulus
• Small Things Like These
• Monkey Man
• Kinds of Kindness
• The Bikeriders
• Thelma

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

These are the movies we’ll be watching each month, listed in order, throughout 2025. Feel free to watch along with us, and reach out if you’d like to our monthly discussions!

• La Haine
• Sunshine
• The Manchurian Candidate
• The Fall
• Ran
• Escape from New York
• The Pianist
• To Live and Die in L.A.
• Paris, Texas
• Akira

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

• Possession
• Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
• Three Colours: Red
• Halloween II
• The Matrix Reloaded
• The Matrix Revolutions
• The Exorcist III
• Miami Vice
• Total Recall
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

...plus 116 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Adaptation.
• Before Sunset
• The Big Lebowski
• Do the Right Thing
• The End of the Tour
• First Reformed
• Howl's Moving Castle
• Jaws
• La La Land
• Licorice Pizza

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Top 10 of 2024

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Challengers
3. The Taste of Things
4. Civil War
5. A Real Pain
6. Evil Does Not Exist
7. Kinds of Kindness
8. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
9. Monkey Man
10. Babes

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

Every movie I watched in 2023… RANKED

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2. Zodiac
3. Phantom Thread
4. Before Sunrise
5. The Big Lebowski
6. Inglourious Basterds
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. La La Land
9. Dune
10. Licorice Pizza

...plus 223 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

my ranking of the 2024 Best Picture nominees

1. Past Lives
2. Oppenheimer
3. The Holdovers
4. Poor Things
5. Anatomy of a Fall
6. Barbie
7. The Zone of Interest
8. Killers of the Flower Moon
9. American Fiction
10. Maestro

every movie I watched in 2022… ranked.

1. No Country for Old Men
2. The Social Network
3. A Serious Man
4. Steve Jobs
5. The Grand Budapest Hotel
6. Se7en
7. Eyes Wide Shut
8. Licorice Pizza
9. TÁR
10. The Royal Tenenbaums

...plus 108 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Movies I watched in 2021—ranked.

1. Before Sunset
2. Under the Silver Lake
3. The Big Lebowski
4. Licorice Pizza
5. Howl's Moving Castle
6. Dune
7. When Harry Met Sally...
8. Everybody Wants Some!!
9. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
10. Michael Clayton

...plus 152 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
3. Mank
4. Lovers Rock
5. Boys State
6. Tenet
7. Another Round
8. Soul
9. Palm Springs
10. Promising Young Woman

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

1. Past Lives
2. Oppenheimer
3. Asteroid City
4. The Holdovers
5. May December
6. The Iron Claw
7. Barbie
8. Infinity Pool
9. Air
10. The Killer

...plus 35 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• CODA
• Flora and Son
• Steve Jobs
• Hereditary
• Toy Story 4
• Love Actually

• Under the Banner of Heaven
• Under the Silver Lake

1. Paper Moon
2. Memories of Murder
3. Kramer vs. Kramer
4. When We Were Kings
5. What's Up, Doc?
6. Stop Making Sense
7. The Exorcist
8. Working Girl
9. Cape Fear
10. The Long Goodbye

...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
2. Parasite
3. The Last Black Man in San Francisco
4. Little Women
5. Marriage Story
6. Waves
7. Ford v Ferrari
8. Pain and Glory
9. Midsommar
10. Under the Silver Lake

...plus 75 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

You know what’s cool about movies? You like ‘em; I like ‘em, and every once in a while we probably like ‘em together. Because I have too much time on my hands, I decided to compile and rank a list of my favorite movies from this past decade.

Now maybe Twitter has embittered me, but I feel like I need to explicitly state: This is not a ‘100 best’ list--it’s a list of favorites. My favorite films are undoubtedly different from yours, and that’s just the way things ought to be. More than anything, this list a record of the movies that made me laugh, cry and *feel* more above all the rest.

Ten years is a long time. According to Vulture, over 5279 films were released over that span. When the oldest move on this list (Shutter Island, #80) came out, I was 16 years old--I was about halfway through my junior year of high school, probably listening to an embarrassing amount of Elliott Smith, and unhealthily anxious about procuring a date in time for the prom. Oh, how much (and how little?) has changed since then.

Anyway, here’s my list. I hope you enjoy it, and if you don’t… well, that’s okay too.

1. Phantom Thread
2. The Social Network
3. First Reformed
4. Whiplash
5. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
6. Burning
7. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
8. Her
9. Call Me by Your Name
10. The Big Short

...plus 97 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Broadcast News
2. The Third Man
3. Hannah and Her Sisters
4. Election
5. Almost Famous
6. Snowpiercer
7. The Talented Mr. Ripley
8. After Hours
9. Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
10. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

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