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Watched on Saturday June 7, 2025.

Handy?!

The best dance sequence ever set in a hospital. 

Whenever the music hits, it really hits.

This is Andrew Garfield playing Jake Gyllenhaal.

Montage to grimes? Love it.

Watched on Saturday May 31, 2025.

Emotional. Even for someone like me who doesn’t understand everything that’s going on.

“Oh, that really was a pistol in your pocket.” 

This was a heavily edited version that dropped on Tubi. Crazy that the phone ringing sound effects didn’t make the cut. 

Weird artifact. Not good by any stretch.

How can I start an urban legend of pairing an album with a movie and it just takes hold in society?

A journey through demented vhs nightmares.

Could really go for some pancakes.

I guess I always thought they were the same length? I didn’t realize the music just stops at a certain point.

The Wizard of Oz itself is a masterpiece. 

The music itself is amazing.

So much of my lore started with this movie. 

Quintessential to my very being.

Curiosity has been my blessing and my curse.

This review may contain spoilers.

Music really does contain the key to past, present, and future. It is the way we commune with memories and people from our past (living and dead). It has the ability to project us into hopeful futures while also allowing for us to process our current state and experience the here & now.

That scene was incredible and really moving. 

Now, vampires! Love that this uses a lot of classic vampire mythology. The fact that they have to be invited into a building is utilized so well in this. The conversations in doorways are fraught with tension. Plus the glowing eyes are striking. 

All in all this is a really great movie and a stand-out entry in vampire cinema.

“Right in the Eye,” a live movie-concert on Georges Méliès’ films performed by Alcoléa & cie! 

This one is so inventive and fun! Literally looney toons energy.

“Right in the Eye,” a live movie-concert on Georges Méliès’ films performed by Alcoléa & cie! 

I wish groups of people frolicked like they do in silent films. 

The sun is so iconic in this.

“Right in the Eye,” a live movie-concert on Georges Méliès’ films performed by Alcoléa & cie!

The crowd was a hooting and hollering to this one.

“Right in the Eye,” a live movie-concert on Georges Méliès’ films performed by Alcoléa & cie! 

He’s just a silly goofy guy!

“Right in the Eye,” a live movie-concert on Georges Méliès’ films performed by Alcoléa & cie! 

My least favorite of the night, but that’s on me.

“Right in the Eye,” a live movie-concert on Georges Méliès’ films performed by Alcoléa & cie! 

So elaborate. We just don’t have production design in the same way anymore. I love the maximalist of these theater based production designed sets.

My faves in this one are the demons/goblins. Obviously. But also the women “swimming.” They’re doing SOOOO much.

“Right in the Eye,” a live movie-concert on Georges Méliès’ films performed by Alcoléa & cie! 

He’s such a silly goofy boy. Wish I could take my head off.

“Right in the Eye,” a live movie-concert on Georges Méliès’ films performed by Alcoléa & cie! 

She’s basic for us in the present, but when this came out I’m sure it blew people’s faces away!

“Right in the Eye,” a live movie-concert on Georges Méliès’ films performed by Alcoléa & cie!

This is so cool. Light years ahead of its time.

“Right in the Eye,” a live movie-concert on Georges Méliès’ films performed by Alcoléa & cie! 

Love that he’s haunted by a beautiful woman, a bard, and a sad clown. Along with the moon?? Feels way more relatable than it should be.

Alrighty, went to a SHOW tonight. 

“Right in the Eye,” a live movie-concert on Georges Méliès’ films performed by Alcoléa & cie! 

This was a wonderful experience & it was so cool to experience these films in a theater WITH music accompaniment. 

As for this one. Those poor ladies on the end of the fan, like they’re really holding on for their life!!

The aesthetics are a vibe, obviously.

Switched albums, we’re now spinning Judy Collins.

Slaps while spinning Simon and Garfunkel records.

Watched on Wednesday April 16, 2025.

Spinning my Simon and Garfunkel record and put this on as ambience. Hits so good with “Leaves that are Green.”

Guy who is going to be ok (hope that bodes well for me).

This was probably a FEAST for the sound designer. I bet they had a great time doing this. 

Slice of life, but make it in hostile territory. 

Kit, you look so sad my boy. 

A really well done movie, I’ll probably only refer to it when talking about war movies and sound design examples. Glad I saw it though, as it IS an experience.

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

I also hear tense organ music announcing each day. It’s unsettling, but I live with it. 

This is crazy and THE nightmare scenario. When the vibes are off with someone… they’re off. Trust me.

Watched on Sunday April 13, 2025.

I think Elvis would’ve liked these movies.

Watching these I can’t help but think… “which one of these are Riley Keough‘s favorite?” Or do you think that they are just not talked about in the family? 

One of the best sex scenes in cinema? Maybe. 

Barbara Bush bashing at its greatest!

“Nice beaver.”

It’s been YEARS since I last saw this movie. Which I probably caught on tv in pieces as a kid. 

I forgot that Priscilla Presley was the woman in this.

So many gags, and a lot of them still hit.

We used to be a proper country with silly goofy movies.

It happens in West Virginia for some reason?

Watched on Thursday April 10, 2025.

The hard hat stays ON.

Full-on crying while typing “no prob!” And then sending the “:)” for good measure? We’ve all been there. That was so good and so painful. 

This movie does a lot of things right! The sentimentality hits the mark 90% of the time. 

Barbie pulls out all the stops. I feel like I’ve met this woman before (the character that is, I HAVE met Barbie on a set I worked on).

John is really good. Wish he had more screentime. 

Overall a really sweet little movie that wears its heart on its sleeve.

Brady Corbet ate.

We just don’t talk enough about Cesare‘s thigh gap. 

Every time I watch this I’m astounded by the production design. The carnival / fair set with its forced perspective may be one of my favorites of all time. 

Lil Dagover is a baddie. 

Also every time I watch this there is like one really hot doctor that I’m like, “he shoulda been a star.”

This is cinema.

How had I gone so long without seeing this? Shame on me, but also I did atleast see it with a live music accompaniment (Shoutout to The Invincible Czars). 

Lon Chaney puts in a great performance as the Phantom of the Opera (duh, we all knew that). However the surprise is actually Mary Philbin as Christine Daaé. She is doing so much heavy lifting. 

The Masked Ball scene in this movie basically sets the stage for all masked ball scenes to come thereafter. The costumes everyone is wearing in this scene is just incredible and you kinda wanna just pause and look at each outfit. 

Really enjoyed the opening ballet bits with the ballerinas and the stagehand talking about the phantom. 

All in all, I really enjoyed this. Crazy that this movie is 100 years old.

This movie is exactly what it would be like to live in a snowglobe. Beautiful cinematography. Particles, Petals, Water, Bubbles, and Glitter EVERYWHERE. 

Love that this really is just somebody’s one shot dungeons and dragons campaign. 

Oona is soooo horny for Tom. 

We used to be a proper country with creature designs. 

Goblins <3

Harvey Guillén & Cheech Marin INNOCENT.

This is insane. Like what it feels like as a ghost to go through a “solid” matter. Spooky ooky.

Demi Moore looks like a Disney prince. I mean that just as a statement with no judgement attached. 

How did I just realize Whoopi doesn’t have eyebrows?!

Love that the poster you can’t tell who is who.

Watched on Thursday March 27, 2025.

Watched on Sunday March 23, 2025.

I fell asleep, but this poster is incredible! 

I’ll finish it someday.

Such a downgrade from Get Shorty. 

The “plot” focuses so much on Linda Moon, and there’s no reason for it. 

The dancing scene makes you just wanna turn it off at that moment and start Pulp Fiction. 

It crumbles under the weight of its runtime as well. Like what a slog.

1. Cecil B. Demented
2. Rains Over Babel
3. Head On
4. My Beautiful Laundrette
5. The Wedding Banquet
6. Taboo
7. I'm So Excited!
8. Fresh Kill
9. The Cakemaker
10. Please Baby Please

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• David Lynch: The Art Life

  David Lynch 

• I Love You to Death

  Dame Joan Plowright

• The Girl on a Motorcycle

  Marianne Faithfull 

• Troll 2

  Rossella Drudi, writer 

• Hail, Caesar!

  Peter Jason, actor 

• The Black Cauldron

  Joe Hale, layout artist 

• Tongolele Has Been Killed

  Tongolele, Actress / Dancer 

• Miami Blues

  George Armitage, Writer / Director 

• Roberta Flack - In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
• Mysterious Skin

  Michelle Trachtenberg, Actress

...plus 25 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
• Alice in Wonderland
• Amadeus
• Army of Darkness
• Better Off Dead...
• Big Fish
• Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
• Black Orpheus
• Blue Hawaii
• Blue Velvet

...plus 185 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Dudes being dudes. 

Lord of the Rings trilogy obviously THE male friendship movie, but everyone gonna say that.

1. What We Do in the Shadows
2. The Sasquatch Gang
3. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
4. On the Town
5. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
6. The Grand Budapest Hotel
7. The Inbetweeners Movie
8. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
9. The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
10. Some Like It Hot

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 1776
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• 3-Iron
• 3 Women
• (500) Days of Summer
• Abigail
• Abigail's Party
• The Abyss
• Addams Family Values
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

...plus 498 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Classic Sci-Fi / Fantasy (Pre-1980)

1. Donkey Skin
2. Viy
3. Planet of the Apes
4. Orpheus
5. Black Orpheus
6. Blithe Spirit
7. Beauty and the Beast
8. The Tales of Hoffmann
9. Amphibian Man
10. Salomé

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Philadelphia Story
2. Last Night in Soho
3. Nashville
4. Train to Busan
5. Chicago
6. The Young Girls of Rochefort
7. The Prince of Egypt
8. New York Minute
9. Tokyo Tribe
10. The Purple Rose of Cairo

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I had to show restraint and take Twin Peaks and Mulholland Drive off. 😭

1. Twin Peaks: The Return
2. Nocturnal Animals
3. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
4. Lost Highway
5. Pan's Labyrinth
6. Liquid Sky
7. Deathstalker II
8. History of the World: Part I
9. Spirits of the Dead
10. Dead Ringer

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Planet of the Apes
• George of the Jungle
• Dunston Checks In
• Aladdin
• Speed Racer
• Nope
• Monkey Business
• Trog
• The Jungle Book
• The Care Bears Movie

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Anora
2. The Substance
3. Nickel Boys
4. I'm Still Here
5. Dune: Part Two
6. Wicked
7. A Complete Unknown
8. Conclave
9. The Brutalist
10. Emilia Pérez

• Pride & Prejudice
• Submarine
• Kneecap
• Aftersun
• Ex Machina
• Beast
• Monkey Man
• Under the Shadow

Top 10 + 2 Honorable mentions.

A lot of foreign movies I haven’t had access to or been able to catch up with.

1. Nosferatu
2. Challengers
3. Dìdi (弟弟)
4. Anora
5. Megalopolis
6. Trap
7. The Substance
8. The Vourdalak
9. Nickel Boys
10. Kneecap

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Tropic Thunder
• Sin City
• Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
• Harold and Maude
• A Serious Man
• Mysterious Skin
• A Cure for Wellness
• Nightbreed
• Bad Times at the El Royale
• The Red Shoes

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2. Promising Young Woman
3. Emma.
4. Dinner in America
5. I Blame Society

Movies I’ve worked on —

• Love Lies Bleeding

  Assistant Location Manager // Location Scout 

• When You Finish Saving the World

  Location Assistant

• National Anthem

  Location Scout (Uncredited) 

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Road Trip

  Assistant Location Manager 

• The Electric State

  Location Scout - NM (Uncredited) 

• Surrounded

  Key Location Assistant

• Exceptance

  1st AD 

• Canyon of the Dead

  Location Assistant

• Feast of the Seven Fishes

  Assistant Location Manager

• Untold: Deal with the Devil

  Location Scout

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

First name titles

1. Barbarella
2. Ida
3. Tommy
4. Kika
5. Dracula
6. Zola
7. Jezebel
8. May
9. Lili
10. Miranda

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The King of Comedy
2. Gremlins 2: The New Batch
3. Soapdish
4. Hairspray
5. Tootsie
6. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
7. My Favorite Year
8. Network
9. UHF
10. The Substance

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Movies I've seen at the theater and who I shared the experiences with along with anything interesting that happened during the screening.

• Dazed and Confused
• Megalopolis
• The Substance
• The 4:30 Movie
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Strange Darling
• Blink Twice
• Clerks
• Dìdi (弟弟)
• Kneecap

...plus 249 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Siblings. For better and worse.

1. The Darjeeling Limited
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. The Dreamers
4. Cries and Whispers
5. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
6. Dogtooth
7. Holiday
8. The Young Girls of Rochefort
9. It's Only the End of the World
10. Divinity

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

It’s hot & sweaty.

1. Love Lies Bleeding
2. Flashdance
3. Challengers
4. Deep End
5. The Beguiled
6. Stay Hungry
7. Evil Under the Sun
8. The Northman
9. Black Orpheus
10. Purple Noon

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Fandom movies.

1. The Dreamers
2. Almost Famous
3. Rock 'n' Roll High School
4. The King of Comedy
5. Pearl
6. Brigsby Bear
7. Play Misty for Me
8. All About Eve
9. Galaxy Quest
10. Down with Love

Movies about moviemaking! We love it, some of us live it, the pain and the glory forreal. 

Link to the previous showdown about movies within a movie — 
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1. Cecil B. Demented
2. Living in Oblivion
3. Ed Wood
4. Day for Night
5. Movie Crazy
6. The Stunt Man
7. Babylon
8. Merton of the Movies
9. Hail, Caesar!
10. Rented Lips

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
3. Daisies
4. Robin Hood
5. Empire Records
6. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
7. Shortcomings
8. On the Town
9. The Muppet Movie
10. The Sasquatch Gang

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Summertime
2. Now, Voyager
3. Ida
4. Showgirls
5. Mistress America
6. I ♥ Huckabees
7. Movie Crazy
8. Buffalo '66
9. Love Lies Bleeding
10. The Rapture

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Rough ranking and always subject to change

1. The Lobster
2. The Witch
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once
4. Swiss Army Man
5. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
6. Pearl
7. Free Fire
8. Lady Bird
9. The Lighthouse
10. Midsommar

...plus 51 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

I start working on another show tomorrow (1/16) so this is gonna be my top 10 (+ 2 honorable mentions) for now! 

Movies that I haven’t seen that could’ve been contenders — 
All of us Strangers 
The Zone of Interest 

It’s been a great year! A lot of good and fun movies in 2023.

1. Poor Things
2. Saltburn
3. The Starling Girl
4. Anatomy of a Fall
5. ages
6. Barbie
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
8. Bottoms
9. Oppenheimer
10. Divinity

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Howl's Moving Castle
2. Spirited Away
3. Ponyo
4. Only Yesterday
5. Princess Mononoke
6. Kiki's Delivery Service
7. Whisper of the Heart
8. My Neighbor Totoro
9. The Cat Returns
10. Porco Rosso

1. Double Indemnity
2. The Big Heat
3. Leave Her to Heaven
4. The Killers
5. Bound
6. Crimes of ion
7. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
8. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
9. The Flintstones
10. Deadly Weapons

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Deathstalker II
• Blood and Black Lace
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
• Barbarella
• Matador
• Ms .45
• Tammy and the T-Rex
• Voyage of the Rock Aliens
• Nurse 3-D
• Lust in the Dust

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

This one is actually difficult bc I want to showcase truly weird (honorary) women as opposed to just goth girls, Manic pixie dream girls, or murderous women. So, bear with me as I try to do that. 

Character in notes if not obvious —

1. Daisies

   The leads 

2. Twin Peaks

   Nadine & The Log Lady 🖤

3. Eagle vs Shark

   Our lead.

4. The Brady Bunch Movie

   JAN BRADY! 

5. The Shape of Water

   Eliza 

6. Kika

   All the ladies, honestly. 

7. Zola

   Stefani.

8. Bringing Up Baby

   Susan! 

9. 3 Women

   Our 3 women. 

10. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

    Baby Jane. 

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Bram Stoker's Dracula
2. Nocturnal Animals
3. The Night of the Hunter
4. Viy
5. Clue
6. Streets of Fire
7. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
8. Crimes of ion
9. Lost Highway
10. Vamp

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Characters named "Stephen." No "Steves" or "SteVens."

• Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

  Stephen Stills (Mark Webber)

• Django Unchained

  Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson)

• Doctor Strange

  Dr. Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch)

• The Theory of Everything

  Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne)

• The Brothers Bloom
• You Only Live Once
• I ♥ Huckabees
• Accident
• Empire of Light
• Bathing Beauty

1. The Dreamers
2. The Doom Generation
3. Libeled Lady
4. The Favourite
5. Gilda
6. The Talented Mr. Ripley
7. The Wedding Banquet
8. Kika
9. Le Bonheur
10. Please Baby Please

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Producers
2. Stage Door
3. The Boy Friend
4. To Be or Not to Be
5. See How They Run
6. Waiting for Guffman
7. Showgirls
8. Summer Stock
9. Lady of Burlesque
10. The Band Wagon

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Little Women
2. Lady Bird
3. Barbie

We’re all a little mad here…

1. Young Frankenstein
2. Annihilation
3. Maniac
4. Jurassic Park
5. Freaked
6. The Hunger
7. Ex Machina
8. Tammy and the T-Rex
9. Re-Animator
10. Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. The Lego Movie
2. Bride of Chucky
3. Toy Story 4
4. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
5. Air Doll
6. Child's Play
7. Mannequin
8. Christopher Robin
9. Team America: World Police
10. The Indian in the Cupboard

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Sorry to Bother You
2. Desk Set
3. Being John Malkovich
4. Nine to Five
5. One, Two, Three
6. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
7. Office Killer
8. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
9. Mayhem
10. Working Girl

1. Nocturnal Animals
2. Leave Her to Heaven
3. Sleuth
4. Down with Love
5. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
6. In a Lonely Place
7. Romancing the Stone
8. The Flower of My Secret
9. Deathtrap
10. She-Devil

1. The Dreamers
2. The Great Muppet Caper
3. The Lady Eve
4. Holiday
5. Gilda
6. Call Me by Your Name
7. Wild at Heart
8. Carol
9. Bound
10. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Clue
• Ready or Not
• Jumanji
• Tron
• Battle Royale
• Zathura: A Space Adventure

• The Silence of the Lambs

  Dr. Hannibal Lecter: You know what you look like to me, with your good bag and your cheap shoes? You look like a rube. A well scrubbed, hustling rube with a little taste. Good nutrition's given you some length of bone, but you're not more than one generation from poor white trash, are you, Agent Starling? And that accent you've tried so desperately to shed: pure West Virginia. What is your father, dear? Is he a coal miner? Does he stink of the lamp? You know how quickly the boys found you... all those tedious sticky fumblings in the back seats of cars... while you could only dream of getting out... getting anywhere... getting all the way to the FBI.

• Bad Times at the El Royale

  Billy Lee: 'You ain't no Texas girl. I know that much for sure. West Virginia? Nah, of course not. Don't insult the girl,Billy Lee. Hey, I'm just messing with you. I knew it the second I saw these boot prints on the beach. You're an Alabama girl."

• Tell Your Children

  MR. WYATT
  In Michigan, a young girl,
  seventeen years old - a reefer
  smoker - taken in a raid in the
  company of five young men.

  Dr. Carroll frowns.

  MR. WYATT
  Here is a particularly flagrant
  case.

  DR. CARROLL
  Yes, I the newspapers made
  quite a play of it. In West
  Virginia, wasn't it?

  MR. WYATT
  Yes, and there are hundreds of them
  coming up, new ones every day.

• Big Business

  “How in God's name
  could you drag me down here...
  to Yuckville, West Virginia,
  when I'm 40 months pregnant?”

• History of the World: Part II

1. The Shape of Water
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. The Three Caballeros
5. The Omen
6. Planet of the Apes
7. Big Fish
8. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
9. Now, Voyager
10. Singin' in the Rain

1. Stage Door
2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Cries and Whispers
5. Call Me by Your Name
6. The Lion in Winter
7. Nashville
8. A Serious Man
9. Libeled Lady
10. The Graduate

1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. The Fabelmans
3. The Banshees of Inisherin
4. Pearl
5. Triangle of Sadness
6. Corsage
7. Women Talking
8. The Menu
9. See How They Run
10. Babylon

...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Movies I wanted to watch and was excited to see, but was let down by.

1. Blonde
2. Bones and All
3. X
4. Amsterdam
5. Crimes of the Future

• Dirty Dancing
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

1. Sorry to Bother You
2. Thoroughbreds
3. The Favourite
4. Blindspotting
5. Suspiria
6. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
7. Annihilation
8. Vox Lux
9. Climax
10. Bad Times at the El Royale

1. Nocturnal Animals
2. Hail, Caesar!
3. The Handmaiden
4. Swiss Army Man
5. La La Land
6. Train to Busan
7. The Nice Guys
8. Free Fire
9. It's Only the End of the World
10. Personal Shopper

1. The Grand Budapest Hotel
2. What We Do in the Shadows
3. Gone Girl
4. The Lego Movie
5. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
6. Nightcrawler
7. Ex Machina
8. A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
9. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
10. Boyhood