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it’s been a rough day

49 films

Some of favorite examples of movies that play out over a short period of time (likely 24 hrs) where people…

  • Maniac
  • Sorry to Bother You
  • Color Out of Space
  • Inherent Vice
  • Daisies

color pop cinema

97 films

films with vivid colors. (not just posters.)

some of it isn't wes anderson...

feels like this list might be a…

  • After Hours
  • Triangle of Sadness
  • Ain't Them Bodies Saints
  • Saloum
  • Near Dark
  • Inherent Vice
  • The Long Goodbye
  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Casablanca
  • Palm Springs

frenemies

19 films

Films where the protagonist and antagonist kinda feel like they’re buddies but also one might likely kill (or at the…

  • Eraserhead
  • It Follows
  • Take Shelter
  • Mandy
  • A Field in England
  • Good Time
  • Punch-Drunk Love
  • Uncut Gems
  • There Will Be Blood
  • Luz

symphonic cinema

70 films

Movies where the score... ~ carries a lot of the weight...in a good way. ~ is forefront and obtrusive--makes its…

  • Kill List
  • Rabbits
  • Charisma
  • House
  • The Creatures
  • Berberian Sound Studio
  • The Big Lebowski
  • The Truman Show
  • A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
  • A Serious Man

could be franz kafka

61 films

(A SELECTION of examples I like, NOT an extensive list)

  • It Follows
  • The Lobster
  • The Creatures
  • Black Moon
  • Kill Bill: Vol. 1

cinematic fables

146 films

NOTE: NOT—I repeat—NOT an actual list of “fable/folklore/fairy-tale/fantastical” movies (though, most of them will be).

The title “cinematic fables” was…

  • The Long Goodbye
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Inherent Vice
  • Under the Silver Lake
  • John Wick

self-aware neo-noir

39 films

my favorite noir

  • Flux Gourmet
  • Berberian Sound Studio
  • Let the Corpses Tan
  • L'Argent
  • Au Hasard Balthazar

tactile cinema

68 films

***work in progress***

  • Pi
  • November
  • Eraserhead
  • The Lighthouse
  • Uncut Gems

* turns dial to 11 *

83 films

Some of my favorite films that are a bit much...but still awesome in their own regard.