Ryan Grove

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I have come here to eat pie and watch movies. And I’m all out of pie.

Favorite films

  • Miller's Crossing
  • Lawrence of Arabia
  • Brief Encounter
  • Brazil

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  • In a Lonely Place

    ★★★½

  • Panic in the Streets

    ★★★★

  • Nightmare Alley

    ★★★½

  • U.S. Marshals

    ★★½

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  • Hangover Square

    Hangover Square

    ★★★★★

    From the first shot and the first notes, the cinematography and the score are clearly entangled; by the last shot and the last notes, the music might as well be the source of the light.

    Bernard Herrmann's score infiltrates and usurps the picture as George Bone's concerto infiltrates and usurps his character. Or is it the other way around? Does the concerto give rise to the murders or do the murders inspire the concerto? Does the score inspire the visuals…

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    ★★★★

    The chalice from the palace has the pellet with the poison. The sippy of a chippy has the brew that is true!

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  • The Wages of Fear

    The Wages of Fear

    ★★★½

    Are we just not gonna talk about the fact that two of the four main characters are named Mario and Luigi?

  • The Tree of Life

    The Tree of Life

    ★★★★

    For maximum effect, I recommend watching this after growing up in a small town in Texas just down the road from where it was filmed.