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Favorite films

  • Southland Tales
  • Hyenas
  • Zardoz
  • The Raid

All
  • The Producers

    ★★★★★

  • Blood Simple

    ★★★★½

  • Thirst

  • Being There

    ★★★★★

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Thirst

2009

Watched

oppressively blue

Being There

1979

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

AMERICA AINT SHIT CAUSE THE WHITE MANS GOT A GOD COMPLEX

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Babygirl

2024

½ 2

THEY FUCK DOGS, DON’T THEY?

I have a lot to say about the particular characterization of their kink dynamic - there is no sex scene with her & Samuel. They do have sex on screen, but only in montage. Which is frustrating, because the movie repeatedly builds toward sex scenes. Sure - there IS a scene where he fingers her, but it only shows her face, for like 3-4 straight minutes, making pained looks & grunting. 
More importantly and revoltingly, after Samuel’s…

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

2024

★★ 4

half a star is too much. Has the whole world gone crazy? Am I missing something? Why do people like this so much? It’s totally joyless and moronic. For all the “insane” shit packed into this movie, it’s a total fucking snoozefest. No catharsis in the revenge plot, no visceral feeling seeing characters get their nipples ripped off, no well-constructed character to root for. It offers nothing.

Particular criticisms, especially in comparison to Fury Road:

- Fury Road’s landscape feels…