Matt Ellis

prof, portland state university
phd, modern culture and media, brown university
guitar, a hope for home
video, repeater books

Favorite films

  • Children of Men
  • Twin Peaks: The Return
  • Werckmeister Harmonies
  • The Village

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  • Miami Vice

    ★★★★

  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    ★★★

  • Master Gardener

    ★★★½

  • The War of the Worlds

    ★★★★

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  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

    ★★★★

    I still think everything that makes this movie good is just "All The Stuff Michael Mann Was Doing With Digital Between 2002-2015" but when it hits it hits

  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

    ★★★

    First episode of my new movie podcast with my bud Corbin. Keep your ears peeled, it's gonna be good.

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  • Mission: Impossible II

    Mission: Impossible II

    ★★★½

    13 years old: WHOAAAAAAA AAAAAAWWWEEEESSSOOOOOMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    22 years old: what garbage, I prefer *art* films

    31 years old: WHOAAAAAAA AAAAAAWWWEEEESSSOOOOOMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • The Matrix Resurrections

    The Matrix Resurrections

    ★★★★½

    I can't believe this was as good as it was (and I'm also a little peeved this came out 4 months after finishing my dissertation, because that whole project was basically asking why this movie didn't exist yet, lol).

    There were a few cringe lib Gen X moments (all the stuff about snarky clap-backs to Problematic Guys doesn't really feel like a map out of just how dire the situation is that the rest of the film diagnoses...), but you…