Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Insatiable 1980

  Watched 30 Sep 2023

  It may lack the artistic aspirations of Marilyn's Mitchell Brothers work, but she feels much more at ease here and it's a lot more fun than Green Door or Eve.

  Thank you David Morris for satisfying my long held curiosity about what '80s Tony Danza would look like as a porn star.

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  Both Ways 1975

  Watched 06 Sep 2023

  Andrea True filming this and recording More, More, More in the same year should be in the gay history books next to Stonewall.

Popular reviews

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  Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1977

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 21 Jan 2022

  One of the very best of the greatest decade for American film. Richard Brooks is the master; Diane Keaton’s never been more brilliant (and beautiful). One of, if not the, most affecting movies I’ve seen in my life; I find myself more and more in awe every time I watch it. The final scenes especially are a masterclass in filmmaking.

  In a perfect world this film would have the reputation and legacy of its male-driven counterparts like Taxi Driver and…

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  Blonde 2022

  ★★★ Watched 01 Oct 2022

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  OK, I'll bite. In spite of the hand-wringing on Twitter and elsewhere these last few weeks, I checked my moral judgements at the door since some of my favorite movies have treaded similarly sinful territory - a fictionalized account of a real woman’s abuse at the hands of a string of shitty men that culminates in tragedy (Goodbar), and recreating someone's death in the very house where it happened (Star 80). But unlike the doomed protagonists of either of those…