I had planned to rewatch Mulholland Drive on the anniversary of its premiere at Cannes, which in my mind was May 17th 2001. Then I found out last night that the premiere was actually on May 16th. By that point it was too late, but never one to let a technicality get in the way I decided I would forge ahead this morning anyway.
Mulholland Drive has been my favourite film since probably my second or third viewing, where most…
The problem with The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is that I can't really talk about it without talking about my dad. I've started this review in my head several times over trying to figure out how to talk around the subject, but I don't think it's going to be possible. So, you can look at the score and bail now, confident that you know I love this film (and I do love this film), or if you like,…
I think my third or fourth time overall watching Inland Empire, and I'm still not entirely sure I could explain what happens in it. At least, not on any mechanical level. I can follow it up to a point as Laura Dern's Nikki Grace and Justin Theroux's Devon Berk begin working on a film that's a remake of an unfinished German production based on a cursed Polish folk tale. And I even understand the notion that one or both of…
It's pretty hard to believe I'm coming up on the end of my sixth year on Letterboxd, and I'm only now logging Raiders of the Lost Ark for the first time. But having missed the new Indiana Jones in cinemas, its impending streaming release provides a good excuse to finally revisit the series, along with the run up to Christmas just being a good time in general to snuggle up under a cosy blanket and put on some old favourites.…
Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley character is one who seems to have been adapted time and again over the years, having been played by a range of performers including Alain Delon, John Malkovich, and perhaps most famously Matt Damon in The Talented Mr Ripley, a film that I find suddenly being thrust back into public consciousness in reference to the recent release of Saltburn which bears some apparent resemblance. I confess, I've never read any of the Highsmith books or seen…
Robert Eggers has slowly and surely been building himself an exciting career as one of my favourite modern filmmakers. I legitimately think The Witch is a masterpiece, the vanguard of a new movement of atmospheric slow-burn horror films in the 2010s, and The Lighthouse was a strong follow up with him continuing to build on his inimitable style and sensibility, drawing some fantastic performances out of Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe in the process. So I was delighted when it…
