I had to catch the screening of this. Always thought this to be one of John Carpenter's more underrated films. Absolutely love the on-location shots of California's beautiful coasts. The lighthouse radio station has always been one of the coolest things I have ever seen and of course it's just visually stunning all around. I especially love the high contrasts of the ghostly murderous crew. As usual there is a large cast, but it never feels like no one gets…
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007
This released in the last GREAT year for film. It is better every time and always manages to make me tear up. Just watch it.
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Crimes of the Future 2022
I know this movie is about a lot more like art and shit blah blah blah, but for me it spoke to a level of myself that only medical people will understand. I always thought when working in an ICU how it would all appear to someone 150 years ago. So many invasive procedures and devices, totally alien. The praise of the work, the appreciation of tech and calling it all "beautiful" and "masterful." That's how us sickos in the…
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Under the Silver Lake 2018
I initially did not like this movie, but this has been I think my 5th viewing, and with every rewatch I notice something else and enjoy it all the more. For starters, all of the old Hollywood call backs are a cheap morsel of bait for myself. Nice little references that hint at the entirety being a spawn of its predecessors.
I appreciate David Robert Mitchell's disdain for the surreal, fantastical, fabricated world of LA social circles. He is a…
