in 2007 we were all wearing capri pants and screaming at our parents on vacation
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006
insanely incoherent and barely enjoyable. first hour a total waste of time outside of the crucial Tom Hollander scenes (imagine... you are me... you are fifteen years old... you are introduced to ruthless smol capitalist Tom Hollander in both this and the previous year's Pride & Prejudice). weak in the knees for Keira in drag and the foley on all of Bill Nighy's face tentacles. no part of my brain has ever forgotten when he plays the organ with his head. the three-way sword fight is still wonderful - the only thing in the movie worth watching with both eyes.
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Things to Come 2016
how come when I watch stuff about American academics trying to figure it out I'm like, "FUCK you and FUCK this," and when I watch stuff about European academics trying to figure it out I'm like, "ah, this is the most Fulfilling a Life can Be" ?
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Being John Malkovich 1999
Cameron Diaz is a total revelation in this. a gorgeous performance! she is so much happier selling wine I guess but I really do miss seeing her on screens - big and small. it is not THE performance of the movie but it is MY performance of the movie, if that makes sense. anyway, a few years ago I took my mom to see Dvorak's Symphony No. 9 - my favorite symphony? - at the CSO and the first act…
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Purple Noon 1960
visually spectacular - every frame a treat. just sumptuous to watch! makes the Minghella look like shit and that movie is very beautiful, too! Alain Delon has the longest eyelashes of any person of any gender. society (aka me) has progressed past the need for a single gold chain. now I need a MEDALLION. in terms of the Ripley canon, it's fascinating to see where this one BEGINS: mid-Italy, mid-friendship. it doesn't not work but it is WEIRD, imo. Highsmith…
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Born in Flames 1983
this pulls off the dreamiest balance of infuriating and hopeful. I wish more filmmaking assumed the world was different than it was - even if it not necessarily a better world. the rage is palpable; the conversations are prescient. I do not want to reduce women to outfits, but there are some great ones here. between this and Contact, it's like, should I buy a radio??
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She Dies Tomorrow 2020
if I was possessed with the unshakable notion that I was going to die tomorrow, I would simply just be kind and loving to everyone I know and otherwise keep it to myself
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Italianamerican 1974
Catherine Scorsese's kitchen wallpaper is so beautiful I legitimately teared up
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