Well: after almost five years to the day, and 3000 films logged (this was a great choice for 3K, I must say) I’m retiring this Letterboxd account and starting a new one. Can’t fully explain my reasoning beyond wanting a fresh start with this whole deal. My cinephilia and entire outlook on the world has changed pretty dramatically since I first got this account aged 18, ready to leave home, to the point where some of the early reviews are…

Remarkable control for a big swing sugar rush pick’n’mix living anime like this. Wachowskis always thinking laterally, in colour and on the circular. Almost always at eye-level - these new shades of purple and red and blue and orange are seeing you for the first time as well. The more busted the print looked, the more I liked it, though I liked it plenty anyway, even if it’s middle-fingers-up for (by?) kids. Look at all that double-speed cribbed from Rodriguez…

might take me a while to settle on this, but at first glance it appears to be a very roundabout way of saying nothing has changed since Anomalisa.

EDIT: have given this more thought and can confidently say i think charlie kaufman is my least favourite working american director. his movies are obnoxious closed loops, only interested in shielding and supporting themselves rather than any kind of overarching thesis. kaufman feels like if clint eastwood skipped the period of his…