Z. W. Lewis

Z. W. Lewis

Favorite films

  • The People in White
  • The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
  • La Fin des Pyrénées
  • Night World

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  • Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House

    ★★★

  • Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam

  • Prime Cut

    ★★★

  • May December

    ★★★½

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  • What a Way to Go!

    What a Way to Go!

    ★★½

    Features both a Niki de Saint Phalle stand-in and a J. Lee Thompson title card over pink satin.

  • Modern Romance

    Modern Romance

    ★★★★

    Extra half star for dedicating like 20 minutes of this to editing and arguing about two short sequences of a cheapo Star Wars ripoff.

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  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★

    Review for InRO. An excerpt:

    But, even if one accepts that rote political thrillers usually care less about visual appeal and more about images working in favor of the story, Nolan’s script comes up dry. With no-nonsense editing, Nolan cuts from line to line as quickly as possible in order to match the speed of the actors’ performances. No single character seems to have a fleshed-out personality, so each scene devolves into characters finishing each others’ lines in order to…

  • Vampire's Kiss

    Vampire's Kiss

    ★★★

    But also 5 stars