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Remake now with Madonna and Elton John
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Watched on Thursday June 5, 2025.
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There is a popular lefty comedian from Scotland called Frankie Boyle, and when Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper (a biopic about an American Iraq war veteran) came out he tweeted about that movie: ‘This is like Star Wars, but told from the stormtroopers point of view’. That same tweet could be applied to Zulu. In other words, in the Anglozulu war, the British army were a powerful invading force, from the biggest empire in the world, and had no business being anywhere next to near Zululand, trying (and ultimately succeeding) to subdue a black kingdom, yet in this movie they are portrayed as the plucky heroic underdogs, with the stiffest of upper lips, with no context provided at all for their illegitimate reasons for being at war in the first place.
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Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.
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Chekov’s flamethrower
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Watched on Monday May 12, 2025.
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Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.
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Watched on Thursday May 8, 2025.
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Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.
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Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.
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Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.
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Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.
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Baldsploitation
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My absolutely least favourite genre of film is the biopic, and what I got thinking about after rewatching Citizen Kane today, is that Kane is actually a kind of anti-biopic. The typical biopic thinks you can distill the essence of a person down to their ‘greatest hits’, ie the key dramatic moments of their life. I think Citizen Kane resists the idea that there is an objective and complete and final way to tell a persons story, instead the story is told through a newsreel, and reminiscences of friends and acquaintances and ex-lovers (so a very subjective telling of a person’s history). And in the exchange at the very end, I like to think Orson Welles is acknowledging that you can’t sum a persons existence up with single ideas or moments:
Female reporter: If you could've found out what Rosebud meant, I bet that would've explained everything [about Kane’s existence]
Jerry Thompson: No, I don't think so; no. Mr. Kane was a man who got everything he wanted and then lost it. Maybe Rosebud was something he couldn't get, or something he lost. Anyway, it wouldn't have explained anything... I don't think any word can explain a man's life. No, I guess Rosebud is just a... piece in a jigsaw puzzle... a missing piece.
Watched on Saturday May 3, 2025.
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This review may contain spoilers.
Old Sammie: You know something? Maybe once a week, I wake up paralyzed reliving that night. But before the sun went down, I think that was the best day of my life. Was it like that for you?
Smoke: [as Stack] No doubt about it. Last time I seen my brother. Last time I seen the sun. And just for a few hours, we was free.
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Watched on Sunday April 27, 2025.
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Watched on Sunday April 27, 2025.
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Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.
]]>These are beloved films, that, for me, even after 2 or more watches, I can’t get what all the hype is about.
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- The Blues Brothers
- The French Connection
- The Evil Dead
- What We Do in the Shadows
- X
- The Producers
- Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
- The Cabin in the Woods
- Eraserhead
...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Films that depict invading criminal forces sympathetically. So, imagine a Star Wars movie in which the stromtroopers and the empire are depicted sympathetically, and the rebels depicted as evil.
]]>Whenever people ask me what my favourite modern horror movies are, my mind goes blank, so I'm putting them all in here, as a reminder. These are all films I love.
- It Follows
- Get Out
- Us
- Ghost Stories
- Berberian Sound Studio
- Hereditary
- Midsommar
- Kill List
- Saint Maud
- Raw
...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Dunkirk
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- The Thin Red Line
- Downfall
- Come and See
- The Painted Bird
- The Pianist
- Schindler's List
- Saving Private Ryan
...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Cool double bills I’ve come up with that I think would really complement each other
- Sweet Smell of Success
- Nightcrawler
- The Clock
- Before Sunrise
- Get Carter
- The Long Good Friday
- Eraserhead
- The Babadook
- The 400 Blows
- Kes
...plus 22 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- The Kid Stays in the Picture
- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
- Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
- Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
- Jodorowsky's Dune
- Memory: The Origins of Alien
- Merchant Ivory
- In Search of Darkness
- Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
- Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood
...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- My Beautiful Laundrette
- Hunger
- Pride
- Brassed Off
- The Full Monty
- Billy Elliot
- The Long Good Friday
- The Nest
- High Hopes
- Rita, Sue and Bob Too
...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Mostly about lockdowns and stuff
- Locked Down
- The Bubble
- Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
- Host
- Dashcam
- Bo Burnham: Inside
- Kimi
- Together
- 7 Days
- He's Watching
...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Usually presenting a romantic lead refusing to accept no for an answer, and portraying that as fine.
- I Know Where I'm Going!
- Repulsion
- The Notebook
- Say Anything...
- Love Actually
- Twilight
- The Graduate
- Management
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- Three Days of the Condor
...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>My personal best of the best, my top 50 (roughly) films of all time. Films that I’d give 10/10 to, films that, for me, make life worth living, films that leave me in a state of total awe, you get the gist…
Order is completely random
- Interstellar
- Soul
- Paddington
- Paddington 2
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Trainspotting
- Babe
- Raw
- Midsommar
- Se7en
...plus 43 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Films that examine the good, the bad and/ or the ugly of romantic relationships in exciting and unique ways.
- Before Sunrise
- Before Sunset
- Before Midnight
- Scenes from a Marriage
- Blue Is the Warmest Color
- 45 Years
- (500) Days of Summer
- La La Land
- Marriage Story
- Blue Valentine
...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Poorer men falling for richer women
]]>So not a lot of people know this (because I just made it up!) but the word midsommar is a verb as well as a noun! It means when a woman exacts brutal revenge on a guy (or attempts to) for being a cad/ jerk. Example usage, 'Oh, that jerk in this movie just got totally midsommared!'
So, the 'Rape and Revenge' trope in movies usually involves women getting revenge on rapists (eg I Spit on Your Grave). However, the films in this list involve women getting brutal revenge on guys who are just shitty people, rather than on men who are more overtly evil rapists and murderers. For me, Christian and Midsommar is the quintessential example of this. I feel with such films you get the best of both worlds: you get to see misogynistic men get brutally whatevered, but you don't have to watch any women get raped.
- Rotting in the Sun
- Dicks: The Musical
- Joy Ride
- Eldorado: Everything the Nazis Hate
- Monica
- Rustin
- Something You Said Last Night
- Bicycle Thieves
- Before Sunrise
- Thelma & Louise
...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>First feature-length films of iconic filmmakers
- Duel
- THX 1138
- Dark Star
- The Last House on the Left
- Blood Simple
- The Duellists
- Dementia 13
- Who's That Knocking at My Door
- Saint Maud
- Chocolat
...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Every film that has a BFI Screen Classics book dedicated to it
- Meshes of the Afternoon
- Bombay
- Sweet Smell of Success
- Mädchen in Uniform
- Some Like It Hot
- People on Sunday
- When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
- The Parallax View
- Chinatown
- 3 Women
...plus 227 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>All the ones I can anyway...
- Lust, Caution
- Chungking Express
- 2046
- Infernal Affairs
- In the Mood for Love
- Blind Shaft
- Blind Mountain
- To Live
- Raise the Red Lantern
- Farewell My Concubine
...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- It Follows
- Moonfall
- Looper
- Bowfinger
- This Is the End
- M3GAN
- Scary Movie
- Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
- I.S.S.
- Fanboys
...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Parasite
- Oldboy
- The Handmaiden
- Snowpiercer
- Train to Busan
- Burning
- The Chaser
- Decision to Leave
- Nowhere to Hide
- Past Lives
...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Who Framed Roger Rabbit
- The Long Good Friday
- Mona Lisa
- Fargo
- Get Carter
- Heat
- Se7en
- Chinatown
- Love Lies Bleeding
- Memento
...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Films that serve as a time capsule of London ie features extensive location filming of the city
]]>- Awaara
- Mother India
- Pyaasa
- Gumnaam
- The Cloud-Capped Star
- Parasakthi
- Sholay
- Pather Panchali
- Salaam Bombay!
- Dil Se..
...plus 23 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>My personal list of notable films from the silent era
- The Sprinkler Sprinkled
- Alice in Wonderland
- The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat
- Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
- Those Awful Hats
- The Country Doctor
- The Birth of a Nation
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
- Sherlock Jr.
- The General
...plus 32 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Five star classics (imo) featuring wlw/ lesbians.
]]>- David and Bathsheba
- Ben-Hur
- The Egyptian
- The Ten Commandments
- Samson and Delilah
- Quo Vadis
- The Robe
- Spartacus
- The Silver Chalice
- King of Kings
...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- New Order
- Amores Perros
- Sex, Shame & Tears
- Amar a Morir
- BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
- We Are the Nobles
- After Lucia
- Tlatelolco, Summer of 68'
- I Don't Know Whether to Slit My Wrists or Leave Them Long
- La Civil
...plus 30 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
- Cocaine Bear
- Airplane!
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
- Tropic Thunder
- Dumb and Dumber
- Zoolander
- ¡Three Amigos!
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>...and discovering the art of film at the same time that all these masterpieces were coming out
- Pulp Fiction
- Reservoir Dogs
- Se7en
- Heat
- Fargo
- L.A. Confidential
- The Shawshank Redemption
- Trainspotting
- The Usual Suspects
- The Big Lebowski
...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- An Officer and a Gentleman
- Dirty Dancing
- Top Gun
- Philadelphia
- Ghost
- Rocky
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Breakfast at Tiffany's
- High Noon
- Titanic
...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Some of the films mentioned in Ruby Rice’s ‘New Queer Cinema’ book that sound interesting and that I want to get round to checking out
- Poison
- Itty Bitty Titty Committee
- Scorpio Rising
- Twice a Man
- The Fall of the House of Usher
- Lot in Sodom
- Song of Love
- Tricia's Wedding
- Pink Narcissus
- A Comedy in Six Unnatural Acts
...plus 15 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
- Krampus
- Silent Night, Deadly Night
- Christmas Bloody Christmas
- Black Christmas
- Better Watch Out
- A Christmas Horror Story
- Christmas Evil
- Dead End
- Elves
...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
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