Rakestraw

Rakestraw

Favorite films

  • Nemesis
  • A Touch of Zen
  • The Church
  • Force of Evil

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  • Violent Night

    ★★★½

  • Failed State

    ★★★★

  • Two Thousand Maniacs!

    ★★★

  • Unrest

    ★★★★

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  • Failed State

    Failed State

    ★★★★

    Wonderfully fluid maneuvering of a film through the real world with a real character at its center and by - real character - I mean Dale Smith's Dale is Dale Smith. He's the type of person that couldn't be conjured no matter how much time was spent with pen to paper & even if you were somehow able to conjure this distinct personality, you would be even more hard pressed to find someone to pull it off acting-wise. The only person able to play is Dale is Dale Smith & watching Dale Smith navigate the absurdity of the gig economy is something else.

  • Two Thousand Maniacs!

    Two Thousand Maniacs!

    ★★★

    Not sure why but this was disturbing as hell. Something about low-budget '60s ultra violence that I find very unsettling.

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  • The Wolf House

    The Wolf House

    ★★★★★

    ya fucking kidding me, right?
    they went and utilized an entire house for stop-motion?
    painting anything and everything?
    2D interacting with 3D and vice versa?
    everything being de/re/constructed at once.
    this is bewilderingly good.

  • The Passenger

    The Passenger

    ★★★★½

    Certified Copy circa 1975 with added weapons trafficking!

    Every frame is beautiful, but then again it is Antonioni. The man could make a film where the characters read the dictionary and every scene would be exquisitely framed.

    Two things within this film that blew my mind:

    1 - That 10 minute continuous take at the end of the film. I didn't even know I was in the midst of it until the camera broke through the bars...I, in turn, lost…