Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Adieu Philippine 1962

  ★★★ Watched 29 Sep 2023

  The tightly controlled kinetic realism that Rozier employed a decade later in Du côté d'Orouët is nowhere to be found here. I wish I could have watched this when I was 19 and tearing through all the early Nouvelle Vague features.

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  It Should Happen to You 1954

  ★★★★½ Watched 28 Sep 2023

  Judy Holiday + on-location shooting of 1950s NYC = solid gold. The first movie I know of about the phenomenon of “famous for being famous.”

Popular reviews

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  Ms .45 1981

  ★★★★½ Added 34

  Lars von Trier and Gaspar Noe should be made to watch this film on an endless loop until they learn something about basic cinematic decency.

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  Land Without Bread 1933

  ★★★★★ Added 5

  Bunuel didn't have three cameras to shoot that goat falling off the cliff- he had three goats.

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