Reviews

Review of More Things That Happened

I was expecting some creepy scenes, of course. What I wasn't expecting was for More Things That Happened to feel like its own standalone film, independent of Inland Empire. Granted, it's not as if it...

Review of Lynch/Oz

Some convincing points are made here and I think that a few of the conclusions arrived at are genuinely compelling, especially thinking about The Wizard of Oz as a shorthand for Lynch to communicate h...

“The best horror film I've seen in years. Since The Lighthouse maybe? If that doesn't count, I'll get real fuckin crazy here and say Lake Mungo. Red Rooms is gut-wrenching. Nothing is real anymore.”

“Hutter's journey to the castle through his first night with Orlock is among the most ethereal filmmaking I've seen. Could have watched that sort of tone and pacing for hours. The movie always looks and sounds spectacular. Some of the cheaper elements don't really work for me, but in general I was very impressed with this. Probably Eggers' most evil movie, which is saying something.”

“Been watching too much quality shit lately, had to knock myself down a peg. A reminder of just how bad it can get.”

Review of The Lighthouse

It has been a while since I last watched The Lighthouse, at least 4 years. Seeing this film in the theater is one of the most important movie-watching experiences in my life. I hadn't seen anything li...

“Been a minute since I've cried like that in the theater. Craig's performance, Mukdeeprom's cinematography, and Reznor/Ross's score imbue the film with an intense wistful pain. Very cool of Mr. Guadagnino to put out two amazing films this year. I hope the team behind this and the other best film of the year, Challengers, continues to make gold.”

Review of Megalopolis

I cannot hate Megalopolis. I have a lot of respect for Coppola's earnestness here. There were a number of sequences and scenes that I adored. But by the end of it I was ultimately unsatisfied. There a...

“If you've seen this film, then you know that Scotty is OG (Original Gooner)”

Review of Unforgiven

If Gene Hackman is reading me bedtime stories, I am NOT falling asleep. Keep talking Mr. Hackman. Soul-shattering. Simple on the surface, but the character work here feels endlessly complex. Perfectly...

“Rather than going out with a bang, MaXXXine wraps up the "X Trilogy" with all the excitement of Ti West softly cumming in a napkin and dropping it on his carpeted bedroom floor.”

“Certainly flawed in a lot of ways, but I think a second viewing could reveal a more clever film. Lots of details and resonancies that I may have missed the first time around. Extremely tense. Wonderful sound design. Cage is great, unsurprisingly. Will try to see in the theater again. Opening minutes are very exciting. Also quite funny a lot of the time (and intentionally so).”

“Vinyl records being snapped in half might be the most unbearable thing I've seen in a Haneke movie 😭 guys please don't put your bare hands in the toilet bowl, I don't care how clean you think the toilet is and this toilet was def not clean and they kept putting their hands right down inside it”

“Some great sequences (the movie theater scene especially, one of the best of its kind that I've seen, if not THE best), but it didn't really hit the dreamy spot I was hoping for. I think something like Fulci's The Beyond is more successful in that regard. At the very least there is some wonderful production design and art direction, courtesy of the always incredible Jack Fisk. Worth a watch.”

“Maybe a little overlong, but I'd have to rewatch to confirm that. Beautiful movie. Very scary.”

“Cannot remember the last time, if ever, that I have left a theater so pumped. I'm having trouble thinking of a sports film I've seen that is better than this. Absolutely my favorite film of the year so far. I have too many things to say in praise. One of the best experiences I've ever had. Completely enthralling.”

“the cat definitely has some sort of brain damage now”

“very well directed and choreographed, just not sure what it actually does with the ideas of Crime and Punishment.”

“possibly the best mustache ever”

“PTA rewatches go hard”

“still unsure whether he was actually fingered or not”

“Oh my dear Lard, come in me”

“unreal sound design, will be seeing again”

Review of Miller's Girl

if the movie wanted to be a joke and frame this as total fantasy or have a punchline about Jenna Ortega's character actually being a terrible writer, this could have been very funny and entertaining (...