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  • The History of the Seattle Mariners
  • Thief
  • Out of the Past
  • Fantastic Planet

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  • Forrest Gump

    ★★

  • Wings of Desire

    ★★★★★

  • On the Waterfront

    ★★★★

  • Some Like It Hot

    ★★★★

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  • The Private Life of a Cat

    The Private Life of a Cat

    ★★★★

    From 12th-century Chinese poetry to the golden age of American experimental film to the birth of the internet meme, it seems like we just can't help but immortalize cats. I suspect there's something aspirational about this; if I had a nickel for every time I've heard someone yearning for the feline life (i.e. sleeping 18 hours a day, playing when the mood strikes you, not having to pay rent), I'd have at least a few bucks. Oh, to be an…

  • Jaws

    Jaws

    ★★★★★

    The Great American Novel is about morality or justice or some bullshit, while the Great American Movie is about a giant killer shark that eats people, and this is why movies are better

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  • BlackBerry

    BlackBerry

    ★★★½

    Kind of like if The Social Network had a dorky Canadian cousin who swore by the collected works of Michael Schur.

  • Forty Guns

    Forty Guns

    ★★★★

    Film noir in western garb. Every word in Fuller's script sounds excerpted from a detective novel, and every shot is cool, cavernous, or both. Way sexier than you'd expect. Barbara Stanwyck does her own stunts. Two banger songs belted by a singing cowboy. 80 minutes long. Four stars.

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  • Body Heat

    Body Heat

    ★★★★

    Florida Man Fucks Up Big Time

  • The Duke of Burgundy

    The Duke of Burgundy

    ★★★★½

    Yeah, I'm into BDSM: Brakhage, domesticity, sadness, and, uh... moths.