A man walks into town and hopes to make some money. In his time there, we see seasons pass and the town constantly grow. In a western that man is usually a stoic badass who knows how to or, at least can get himself get himself out of any situation. McCabe is not that guy. He is a self-conscious, foolish, yet utterly charismatic “gunfighter”. I put that in quotes because he never actually draws his gun when someone is facing…
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Observe and Report 2009
I saw this when I was way too fucking young and could not appreciate how good this is. With the context of having known less funny versions of Ronnie Bernhardt in real life, this just hits so good. Completely scathing and hilarious examination of wannabe cop assholes. The denizens of this shitty mall are all repulsive in their own gloriously hilarious ways. Amazing that this came out the same year as Paul Blart.
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Black Hawk Down 2001
If you try to ignore the fact that every military movie that came after this for a decade copied it’s style, then you can see how mindblowing the filmmaking in this thing actually is. Not many movies have been able to create the same desperate feeling that Scott conjures at every possible moment. Once the first heli goes down, this film just becomes a whirlwind of just pure hell unleashed in the streets of Mogadishu. As a visual and sonic…
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Carrie 1976
Hooptober 4/36
Carrie has to have been one of my major blindspots. It’s one of most famous horror films of the 70s and one of DePalma’s most well known. Thanks to Hooptober I had no excuse to not watch my blu ray that has been collecting dust since I got it. Now I must say, this movie is great, but I think great for one particular reason. The Prom scene is just fucking perfect in every way. The way it opens,… -
Beau Travail 1999
Films don't get much more lyrical and visually poetic than BEAU TRAVAIL. It is at both times sad, disgusting and beautiful all at once. Its exploration of jealousy, repressed feeling and masculinity is immensely powerful even though it presents these ideas with such an understated tone. It also deals with the "other" unlike any other movie I've ever seen. Members of the Foreign Legion come from all over the place. There are the French, Africans, Russians, all of whom are…
