Aesthetically unimpeachable--it's basically the equivalent of watching cinema learn how to walk by sprinting into a full gallop, and it feels contemporary even 90+ years hence--but it also reminded me…
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In a Lonely Place 1950
Bogart as a boozing, down-on-his-luck Hollywood screenwriter? Yes, please!
Gloria Grahame lights the screen on fire in every frame.
Criterion Blu-ray.
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The Gray Man 2022
Only an improvement on Cherry in that it doesn't actively seem to be undermining the validity of its subject. In this case, its CIA nonsense and its literally impossible to…
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Rocco and His Brothers 1960
Rocco and his Brothers is an excellent film in it's own regard. Epic and dramatic realism that is both fatalistic and hopeful in an arc of history and progress.
But…
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Thor: Love and Thunder 2022
christian bale and russell crowe should be ashamed for being here.
are we sure that natalie portman is a good actress...?
taikia waititi belongs in the deepest level of director's…
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Merrily We Go to Hell 1932
Incredible ending to a film that pushes and pulls you in joy and anxiety. I simply do not know how to compartmentalize this film. Unlike anything else.
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Allr/Criterion's Best Films of the 1930s
Jacob Phillips 57 films
[VOTING CLOSED] The 6th LETTERBOXD Community Awards
Gonzo 60 films