Joelle

Favorite films

  • Shortbus
  • The Handmaiden
  • Heathers
  • Secretary

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  • The Phoenician Scheme

    ★★★★

  • Secretary

    ★★★★★

  • Cruel Intentions

    ★★★½

  • Bottoms

    ★★★★

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The Phoenician Scheme

2025

★★★★ Liked 4

Zsa-zsa Korda when THEY/THEM (whoever THEY are) accuses him of committing an act of homicide against his daughter’s mother (his late wife (one of them)): 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Damn. This movie appeals to me on all fronts. It’s got that Catholic-atheist blend, it’s got cinematography that oddly enough makes each of the actors look about 30% more attractive than in real life, and it’s got that awkward amount of weird that’s perhaps too trite for my artsy friends but certainly too pretentious…

Secretary

2002

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

Here’s my metaphor with holes, light, and a ladder:

Lee has been in a hole her entire life. Sure, maybe it was a capacious and well-adorned hole, but she’s been living in it her entire  life.

When she starts working for Mr. Grey she starts to get a taste of the sky. She starts to feel the grass beneath her toes. Then, Mr. Grey sees her mixed emotions of wonder and disappointment, and so he points to a smaller, more…

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Jennifer's Body

2009

★★★★½ Liked 1

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

David Lynch Cooks Quinoa

2007

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He cheffed it up fr