Mike LaPenta

Mike LaPenta Pro

Favorite films

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Children of Men
  • Paris, Texas

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  • May December

    ★★★★

  • Saltburn

    ★★½

  • Napoleon

    ★★★½

  • A Thousand and One

    ★★★½

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  • May December

    May December

    ★★★★

    Melodrama can never capture the characters of reality

  • Saltburn

    Saltburn

    ★★½

    Patricia Highsmith - “She copied my whole fuckin flow. Word for word. Bar for bar.”

    Great performances, set design, and looks good, but ultimately pretty empty. Would like to see Fennell direct a script she hasn’t written.

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  • The Hunt

    The Hunt

    Great acting, beautifully shot, with a glorious message to never believe anyone who says they’ve been sexually assaulted, ESPECIALLY if they’re kids. 

    I really thought this would get into possibly Klara being molested but the trauma causing her to not know exactly who did it. This could also let the movie explore how false accusations still hurt people, while not perpetuating the myth that all accusers secretly are lying and usuing the accusation to get what they want. Then they…

  • Young Törless

    Young Törless

    ★★★½

    This is like an anti-coming of age film. A child goes on a path to realize that there’s really no change in humanity from birth to death, and turns his back on society. It’s a pretty bleak, yet a stern warning to seek out the small changes creeping in to our lives that deteriorate our human rights.