Letterboxd 4v3r4n Rhett Ian Staker

Brazil 2k543p 1985 - ★★★★

Sun, 1 Jun 2025 03:46:39 +1200

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The wollongong experience.

After the movie i went to a petrol station with a $5 note to buy an energy drink. They charged me $5.20 instead of the labeled $5 and I didnt have enough cash. This movie is set now.

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Showgirls 2k1r3e 1995 - ★★★★★

Sat, 31 May 2025 00:48:24 +1200

I wish everyone would stop clapping, laughing and cheering. I'm trying to enjoy the film for Christ sake!

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Lion 4a5x2a 2016

Wed, 28 May 2025 02:18:52 +1200

Mummy and dad

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Elephant 4d5x21 2003 - ★★½

Tue, 27 May 2025 17:58:17 +1200

Terrible, tragic, not very fun movie :// needs more jokes

Offputting in the sense of artifying tragedy and affirming the fucked-upness of the world and translating a real school shooting into a "movie" where there isn't actually sympathy for anyone and apparently the tragedy happened because they were gay (?) and not even living unfortunate lives or presented with any struggles. Im sure Van Sant felt like a very proud artist playing classical music over sped up clouds because art.

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Peggy Sue Got Married 2i4135 1986 - ★★★★½

Sun, 25 May 2025 00:49:58 +1200

If you think this is great you should see the film FFC made in 2024.

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Paris 5o1g1u Texas, 1984 - ★★★★

Sat, 24 May 2025 00:51:44 +1200

Watched on Friday May 23, 2025.

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Tootsie 1z1d26 1982 - ★★★½

Mon, 19 May 2025 16:25:41 +1200

Commercial!

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Hard Boiled 57231n 1992 - ★★★★½

Sat, 17 May 2025 00:26:14 +1200

Cant imagine being someone who went to the Ritz tonight and saw After Hours instead of this.

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Sinners 585y6o 2025 - ★★★

Wed, 14 May 2025 01:07:03 +1200

Movie was so dark the people looked like silhouettes in hats

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Dogma 182j4b 1999 - ★★★½

Mon, 12 May 2025 00:40:51 +1200

Brian Quinn is in this. Fantastic film.

The novelty of this movie being good died off in the third act

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Sat, 10 May 2025 14:31:48 +1200

Almost a similar film to Y Tu Mama Tambien, except more character and humour. Quick witty memorable dialogue, extremely comfortable atmosphere, surprisingly powerful story and its shot beautifully. This is the film I dreamed My Own Private Idaho would be. I wanna relive the world of this movie when Im sick and need some comfort. Surprisingly great. Sort of a perfect screenplay in my eyes, the stuff worth studying (watching a lot of times as if it were listening to an album in the car).

Oh and how nice it can be to see a photochemical print like this. Not once having touched a computer.

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Holiday 3m1pz 1938

Sat, 10 May 2025 14:32:33 +1200

I cancelled every responsibility I had for the day to rewatch this. Worth it.

Life.

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Holiday 3m1pz 1938 - ★★★★★

Sat, 10 May 2025 14:26:56 +1200

Watched on Wednesday April 30, 2025.

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Zack and Miri Make a Porno 1v701f 2008 - ★★★

Mon, 5 May 2025 03:23:44 +1200

You know tha movie good when it go from individual closeups to two shot

Really cool they casted the director of Cocaine Bear in this

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Easy A 454m3b 2010 - ★★★★½

Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:57:32 +1200

😁👍

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Suburban Mayhem 472d2p 2006 - ★★★½

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 17:31:03 +1200

These characters are just trashy and awful. Poor child. It is funny and entertaining though, I had a good time.

Also whoever the key makeup artist was did a great job.

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The Gang's All Here 36422e 1943 - ★★★½

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:09:51 +1200

The amount of craft in this is insane

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The Cats of Gokogu Shrine u376a 2024 - ★★★

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 02:29:50 +1200

As a film this has absolutely no motive, visual language or structure so it gets very boring

However the stuff that happens in this is delightful to see. Its just a shame the movie didnt work so well around it.

Very cute moments

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Flow 386g1z 2024 - ★★★★

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 02:26:43 +1200

Great example of what a concise and powerful film should be. Less than 90 minutes, no words spoken but a story told. Beautiful movie.

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The Amateur 6y1r3a 2025 - ★★

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:47:51 +1200

Crazy that you can write a movie like this and probably make a million dollars

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Stalker 4i3t5g 1979 - ★★★

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 02:03:24 +1200

Which idiot decided we would sit three rows from the front. Dumb spot.

Anyway very impressive movie

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A Minecraft Movie 112w1i 2025 - ★★★★

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:29:47 +1200

A better Australian film than Fury Road

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A Minecraft Movie 112w1i 2025

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 20:27:56 +1200

🥸

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Starship Troopers 4d524a 1997 - ★★★★½

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 03:46:08 +1200

Laser guns, boobs, big explosions, graphic deaths and alien bugs. Paul Verhoeven is brilliant. He knows how to cast and how to make a movie. This feels like a piss take of James Cameron and its exactly James Cameron except funny and with an overtly camp and sleazy nature to undercut it being too serious.

The work of ILM is at its best here. Maybe a bigger special effects marvel than Jurassic Park, the scale of this is amazing and blends practical effects, compositing, miniatures and CGI to their best possible result.

Could say more but i cant be bothered. Basically this is perfect and i want to see it again.

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Black Bag 4n555y 2025 - ★½

Sat, 5 Apr 2025 21:23:34 +1300

I slept so comfortably

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Pink Flamingos 496w2y 1972 - ★★★★★

Sat, 5 Apr 2025 21:22:36 +1300

Cunt eyes

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Rejected 3v735n 2000 - ★★★★

Fri, 4 Apr 2025 01:21:10 +1300

Gumpo

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Southland Tales 4k6n2e 2006 - ★★★★½

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 22:54:31 +1300

If you don't let me suck your dick Im gonna kill myself. Fuck. Im a pimp and pimps dont commit suicide.

Southland Tales is not just some shitty movie that bombed its actually beautiful and powerful

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Deep Red 6y4p20 1975

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 14:57:12 +1300

UN FILM DI DARIO ARGENTO 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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Sexy Beast 91o21 2000 - ★★★★½

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 03:46:19 +1300

With Sexy Beast I've finished one of my favourite filmmakers, Jon Glazer's filmography 🥸yippee

This is Glazer's atypical unserious anxious crime thriller with a hinted understory of love being found when a bad history becomes distant and its silly, absurd and with its own sort of beauty

Sexy Beast shows how instinctually skilled glazer is at presenting a story as an experience. Its all note for note correct and full of intentional decisions that make it unique and the biggest thing I ire is that Glazer has a style but its in how he utilises certain techniques rather than being an aesthetic or a vibe - he only uses the right tool for the job on each project

Worth noting that out of Glazer's feature films this is the most akin to his music videos and commercials. Its good, creative, artistic, darkly comedic fun

I want to see Ben Kingsley from Sexy Beast and Ralph Fiennes from In Bruges having a heated argument.

Also cheers Cleon for popping in for dinner before the movie 👍

(This is a terrible review im sorry im just praising jonathan glazer)

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show 156s2e 1975 - ★★★★½

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 23:59:46 +1300

I love you jake

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Spirited Away 6h5rm 2001 - ★★★★

Sun, 16 Mar 2025 12:14:07 +1300

Unconventional, cute, endearing and full of funny little critters

Excellent

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Anora 5l4431 2024 - ★★★★

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:41:05 +1300

This was great on a second watch + i had a good day surrounding this viewing

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Lawrence of Arabia 574n64 1962 - ★★★½

Sat, 8 Mar 2025 05:34:48 +1300

Not as good without Jake x

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Presence 3uh5z 2024 - ★★★½

Sat, 1 Mar 2025 12:36:38 +1300

My answer when someone asks me what the best part of Christmas is:

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Memento 1d355y 2000 - ★★★★

Sat, 22 Feb 2025 03:02:35 +1300

I feel bad for Memento, he basically lives in Groundhog day if there was little joy to be found. Its also like Lost Highway and stuff

Yeah a very good movie for nolan , looked great on screen. Gonna be a hot year for celluloid at Ritz.

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Kids 3p2f28 1995 - ★★★★½

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:06:12 +1300

The bitches all love me cause Im fucking Casper

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The Princess Bride 4qm6l 1987 - ★★★★

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:06:51 +1300

Cute movie after a sweet valentines day

This movie is so full of forced emotion and silly scenarios, had a great time with it. A very special faded to pink 35mm print for valentines day ❤️

Also the first movie im seeing of the new This Is Celluloid lineup for 2025!!! Cant wait for the rest of the year!!

Thanks Siya for everything 🥸❤️ ❤️

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Mulholland Drive 2p5ev 2001 - ★★★★★

Fri, 14 Feb 2025 04:37:47 +1300

Justin Theroux delivers absolute gold with this role

Glad to have seen this a second time at the cinema this month, but the experience at the Orpheum doesn't compare to the Ritz. Still a treat regardless.

Happy valentines day people

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Inland Empire 3qv33 2006

Fri, 7 Feb 2025 03:36:50 +1300

That coffee cup landing shot was stellar

And what a FABULOUS monkey

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Mulholland Drive 2p5ev 2001 - ★★★★½

Thu, 6 Feb 2025 10:23:49 +1300

Dream screening accomplished

This is very great

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Lost Highway 1y1y28 1997 - ★★★★½

Wed, 5 Feb 2025 12:18:33 +1300

I love last-20-minutes-of-Phenomena coded movies. This movie is funny, silly, scary, dramatic, sexy, surreal and absolutely BEAUTIFUL and it has a groovy af soundtrack with a This Mortal Coil needledrop 🔥 AND production-wise is one of the most beautiful looking and executed movies from the 90s

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Eraserhead 2g6b9 1977 - ★★★★★

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 23:57:42 +1300

Oh, you are sick.

Basically the best.

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A Complete Unknown pf1u 2024 - ★★★

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 22:28:15 +1300

Unremarkable movie, powerful music and a good lead performance. I'd see it again for the love of Bob Dylan. Maybe missed a few needle drops I'd have hoped for. Barely touched on the writing of the songs off Highway 61 Revisited.

Highway 61 silly whistle lore was crucial.

However, we unfortunately did not see any monkeys sat upon logs or one eyed midgets calling people cows. Shame.

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The Brutalist 5413v 2024 - ★★★★ (contains spoilers)

Sat, 25 Jan 2025 15:34:38 +1300

This review may contain spoilers.

the architecture of this movie is beautiful - it visually feels like a brutalist building, it's pacing is almost relaxing but not boring , the story at first seemed really lacking when the credits rolled. I was a bit disappointed but upon conversation ,reflection and a long sleep I've come to realise this movie is kind of amazing

it feels like its going for the traditional narrative of a good and modest immigrant trying to make it in america, succeeding and ultimately becoming a villain of sorts , but i think the Brutalist is sort of tricking us with the prospect of that narrative because it never actually delivers that character arc. what i inferred is that the true narrative of this movie is that Brody's character pulls on the heart strings purely because he is an immigrant and has had a bad life but the seeds are always planted throughout that he is not a person of good moral , the whole movie he cheats on his wife and as the film travels and maybe we see worse things happen with his character, it doesn't feel like he's been corrupted and that he has always been this way and that he is not as much the hero that the movie portrays him as. The movie is speaking to us and focuses on this character, but i think its intent is to reach beyond Lazslo himself. This is a movie of many angles and intentions.

topics of a struggling artist, american immigrant history, sexuality, power, classism, racism, corruption and sexism are all touched in this, but most of this is barely explored in words or depth. I think this was something that made me disappointed by this but because this movies craft was so good i want to believe its intentional. A strong element of this movie was the women, they hardly ever spoke or interacted, it was always the men. The women are all quiet victims of the men whose injustices and suffering is hardly ever discussed or even shown on screen

This movie speaks in images and moments, we see its stories depth in the moments we dont see or hear. I found my conversation about this movie focusing on how certain moments might have been saying something that the movie itself isnt. Its hard to explain. For example we never see anything happen to the niece and she hardly speaks, but her face stuck with me when it ended. Her story was rough, but we hardly hear a peep from her or see many big moments with her. This movie flows smoothly and quietly and hardly ever delivers punches, and I think thats actually to its benefit.

This movie was made for under $10,000,000. It hides its low budget so well. It seems soooo massive with its runtime and giant moments, but its budget is well played. I think this was shot mostly, if not entirely on location and channels its money into a few key moments of the movie like scenes involving construction or in revealing that library for the first time. The sound design plays so well into the storytelling as well.

This movie deserves an Oscar for best cinematograpy and best original soundtrack. The film was shot with jagged edges and a grey colour palette. It feels like we are watching something being constructed. It chooses its moments of slow, wide stillness to give us a shocking sense of scale well, it cleverly cuts from kinetic high energy moments to silence and quiet, from darkness to striking white. It knows its rhythm and knows how to disturb it effectively. For a movie of nearly 4 hours made for the cinema, this is a massive feat to pull off. For under 10 million requires smarts. The music is big and grand at times, but again for its short runtime it holds off on using its music for long periods of time. When there is music playing, you KNOW there's music playing.

Technically this movie is a masterpiece and deserves to be commended for the feat of executing it. Maybe I could be inferring my own subtext to the movie and creating a film better than what it actually is, but as siya said to me, maybe thats what makes art special.

this review is a lot of rambling and not actually structured. Sorry x

Thanks everyone for the company at this screening :) I missed this

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A Real Pain o2x57 2024 - ★★★★½

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 11:38:27 +1300

"Nobody wants to be alone"

I feel so loved and so vindicated in my feelings.

Theres something about A Real Pain. Part of me feels its not a revolutionary movie on the surface of its screenplay, but A Real Pain has 100% sincerity from Eisenberg. This is a movie about recognising your pain, feeling your pain and expressing your pain. This is an important movie about mental health, it did a lot for me i think. I've felt so embraced in sharing my feelings through this movie, and i think everyone should learn to be vulnerable with people they love.

slight spoiler:
Something that breaks my heart in this movie is that Benji is never moving on. His character is beautiful but he has no plans. He still feels like he has nothing. Alone in an airport again, the trip is over and it's ended just the way it began.

The more you express yourself and share your pain with others, the more loved and understood you will be. Your pain is worth it, you are human and you are loved.

Show someone you love that you care about them, you have no idea how much it might mean to them.

"She always told me she was greatful for her struggle."

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Spacked Out 5gj7 2000 - ★★★½

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:30:03 +1300

Like Kids, but not quite. Was an entertaining experience but its impact didnt last very long and i forgot a lot of what happened. Great vibes though.

Anyway, chill movie. Had a good time. Cheers everyone I saw today ❤️

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28 Days Later 4b464u 2002 - ★★★½ (contains spoilers)

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 23:14:59 +1300

This review may contain spoilers.

This film turned a much more depressing direction than expected. This was not about zombies and finding a cure.

Its funny that this movie has signs of a very average movie (in the screenplay) but conceptually and in its execution from Danny Boyle and the great cast you have a realised masterpiece (almost).

Military "saviours" representing the dehumanising nature of being a killer, the cruelty and evil of men and the inhumanity of research - also helmed by men.

The end of the world here shows a strong lack of humanity and love. Pure hopeless survival with next to no faith in restoring what was lost. An expose of sorts on the brutal, honest truth on what all people are when civilisation is stripped away from them. In this world we see people as animals and the heart of humanity that lives inside of some survivors means next to nothing when their lives are at stake and morals have no bounds anymore.

This was unexpectedly better than i thought. The zombies are done well and there is a strong pulse in this movie in what its trying to say. It achieves it well. Pretty fantastic.

The film ends with a bit of justice and a smidge of humanity, but regardless of that what we have seen lasts beyond the final credits.

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El Mariachi 135y6f 1992 - ★★★

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 18:30:25 +1300

Dog with sunglasses 😎

The story behind this is awesome. Its great what a keen person can achieve with next to no money but a good vision and smarts. The only tell of the budget is the crude editing and poor framing.

Other than it being an inspiring micro production, this wasnt that interesting as a movie. Robert Rodriguez would later master the act of creating feature films in Spy Kids 3: Game Over, but this is a very impressive debut.

Oh and the DVD looked like hell.

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Lost Highway 1y1y28 1997 - ★★★★½

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:56:50 +1300

One of the best David Lynch vibes

I don't fully understand it yet but it feels like a purgatory-esque dreamscape shaped by the psyche of Fred and what he did or did not do. Eerie, beautiful, mysterious, entrancing and very powerful. Probably a new top 3 David Lynch film.

I've wanted to watch this for a long time but I assumed I would love it so much that I held off on watching it until now. Lost Highway could never have disappointed me. I won't go into a full spiel about David Lynch but despite his devastating ing it feels as if the love he spread through his words and his art has never been so alive and watching this movie was a reminder David Lynch, in his art, still is and will forever be a genius and a visionary of storytelling.

This film was so incredible I would already like to watch it again

Rest in peace, David Lynch. Keep your eye on the donut, not the hole. ❤️

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Seen on film 3c52c

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:34:14 +1300

The LB list is in the order of which I saw the film, from first to last.

These are the formats:

16mm:
Sorrows (short)
The Illac ion
Klute

35mm:
The Searchers (ib technicolor)
Yojimbo
Seven Samurai
Bonnie and Clyde
Solaris
Akira
Almost Famous
Alien
Suspiria
Metropolis
Blue Velvet
Pan's Labyrinth
Drive (2×)
The Leopard
Inception
Paris Is Burning
The 400 Blows
Citizen Kane
Playtime
Kill Bill Vol. 1
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Blade Runner (2x)
Taxi Driver
The Matrix (2x)
In the Mood For Love
Tokyo Story
Moulin Rouge
Mother (2009)
Perfect Blue
Heat (2x)
The Wizard Of Oz (ib technicolor)
Eyes Wide Shut (2x)
Poor Things
Pulp Fiction
Das Boot (Director's Cut)
Gladiator
My Own Private Idaho
Pink Flamingos
Run Lola Run
Grand Illusion
Chinatown
Spirited Away
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Melancholia
Paris, Texas
Showgirls (2×)
The Cave of the Yellow Dog
Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Once Upon A Time In... Hollywood
A Clockwork Orange
Batman
Batman Returns
Batman Forever
Batman and Robin
Jurassic Park
Kinds Of Kindness (2x)
Full Metal Jacket
The Wild Bunch (ib technicolor)
All About My Mother
Goodfellas
Girls Of the Night
Se7en
Mon Oncle
Ghost In the Shell
Punch-Drunk Love
Raising Arizona
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Adaptation
Kids
Anora (2x)
The Princess Bride
Memento

70mm:
Lawrence Of Arabia (3x)
2001: A Space Odyssey (3x)
Aliens
The Mission
Oppenheimer
The Right Stuff
Titanic
The Master
The Brutalist

...plus 74 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Bussin 2o1a6t A Year On Celluloid AKA This Is Celluloid '25

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:24:56 +1300

da ritz cinema celluloid calendar

La Haine
7th feb
35mm
The Princess Bride
14th feb
35mm
Memento
21st feb
35mm
Dune: Part Two
28th feb
70mm
Lawrence of Arabia
7 mar
70mm
Spirited Away
14 mar
35mm
Sexy Beast
21 mar
35mm
my lifes goal
Jurassic Park
28 mar
35mm
Pink Flamingos
4 apr
who tf knows
this shit might not even be playing
Batman Begins
18 apr
35mm triple feature

...plus 37 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Ranking stuff seen with my pal Jake at Ritz 5d6g

Sat, 18 May 2024 12:06:04 +1200

Not a comparative ranking, moresoban experience based ranking. these are all great films.

Outside of this list this would be a completely different ranking

...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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Stanley Kubrick ranking 1h606c

Sat, 6 Jul 2024 01:02:57 +1200

2001: A Space Odyssey

Eyes Wide Shut

Full Metal Jacket

Lolita

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Barry Lyndon

A Clockwork Orange

The Shining

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By hook or by hustle 532m2n AGNSW

Wed, 7 Aug 2024 22:45:00 +1200

www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/events/hook/

Baby Face
35mm
Walk on the Wild Side
Klute
16mm
Girls of the Night
35mm
removed
Short preceeding Lola
Lola
Portrait of Jason
Hustler White
Content warning: contains unsimulated masturbation and real sex, some scenes of fetishistic sexual activities, including portrayals of bondage and sadomasochism.
Valerie
Short preceeding Dressed in Blue
Dressed in Blue
Content warning: contains graphic footage of gender-affirming surgery.