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The night before I watched Flow I saw a youtube video of a beached whale carcass being blown up with dynamite in order to remove it from the shore, which turned into a manmade disaster. Thankfully that doesn’t take place in animated form, but the film does impressively make use of fantastic images that only animation can portray; seeing all these different species make friends through the universal language of survival, including whales! I hope all animal life on Earth after humans become extinct unite together as outsiders like these sweet guys do, but with how things are looking we could quite possibly take the entire planet out with us. This film is incredible beautiful and truly says a mouthful without once speaking.
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Watched on Tuesday December 10, 2024.
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Watched on Monday December 9, 2024.
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Watched on Tuesday December 3, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday November 30, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday November 30, 2024.
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Watched on Wednesday November 27, 2024.
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Watched on Thursday November 28, 2024.
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I’ve never heard or felt the impression of from other audience members so many adult jokes in a movie target at children. Even the film’s theme of nostalgia can be understood on a deeper level by an adult. No animation studio has the balls try anything this fun and original today.
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Watched on Thursday November 21, 2024.
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Watched on Wednesday November 20, 2024.
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Watched on Sunday November 18, 2018.
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Children can be so cruel. So unaware. So self-absorbed. Children can be so frustrating and demanding—sometimes even regretful—but all these things can still be so beautiful, especially when children reflect, grow, and chase their identity. When a kid goes through these changes, even the sweetest ones go through an ugly phase. When this happens, they can push away friends, loved ones, and family members. They can do regretful things themselves. But the most enduring families share a special bond. At the end of each trial and tribulation, these special people will always bring us back together and pull us back on our feet when we need it most. Because no matter how old we get, we are all still children. Learning, growing, and changing every day. Every second. We might not always be the same person, but these changes make us vulnerable to the people and environments around us. Even when our heads are spinning faster than the world, we trust in our family to openly embrace and accept who we choose to be. While it is challenging for a child to accept or understand these things or relate to their parents' dictating views and strict rules, we have all gone through similar pains in our lives. This grand realization is a requirement to proceed in what they call "growing up" because it brings us all closer together. When we become exposed, we can confidently analyze who we are and the consequences of our actions. How we react to these realizations becomes the most crucial change we can make at any stage of our lives.
This personal reflection of mine does not necessarily discuss the film, but these are many of the ideas the film has made me think about psychologically. Didi (Sean Wang, 2024) is one of the most relatable coming-of-age stories I have experienced as someone who grew up in the suburbs in the 2000s. I remember my middle school skater-boy phase. That lifestyle may not have entirely stuck with me, but filmmaking definitely did. I kinda wish I filmed some skate shit though. I guess it's never too late. As a filmmaker, when something crazy unexpected happens and you're in that moment just too much to secure that money shot and let it slip away, you absolutely want to die. When all your friends counting on you suddenly want to forget who you are and leave, sometimes you can't even blame them. If it's your crew, then you feel lucky to come out of it alive. Sometimes we just have to remember how bittersweet reality is and give ourselves a break. No matter what, we can always think about the people who look up to us and those loved ones who stay with us.
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Watched on Friday November 15, 2024.
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Watched on Friday November 15, 2024.
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Watched on Thursday November 14, 2024.
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Watched on Wednesday November 13, 2024.
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Watched on Sunday November 10, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday November 9, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday November 9, 2024.
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Watched on Friday November 8, 2024.
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Watched on Friday November 8, 2024.
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Godzilla Minus One is now my most-watched film in theaters (five times). As a lifelong avid Godzilla fanboy preparing to include the film—including the Minus Color variant—in an essay about how black and white photography in cinema influences our perception of mood, it was a joy as always to see this take on Godzilla on the big screen, as well as the extra content before and after the show. I couldn't be more excited for Takashi Yamazaki who is on his way to making another Godzilla film. I adore his take on the Kaiju creature, bringing Godzilla back to its roots of a great dark shadow symbolic of a certain death war decided by the infamous nuclear weapon causing mass destruction, death, and horrific effects of radiation.
]]>The Future of Mud is an observational documentary depicting the importance of masons in preserving West African culture and architectural traditions through the lived experience of working within family homes and village communities. The film bridges the historical tradition of Djenné art with the future and the complex modernity of contemporary Mali.
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Watched on Tuesday October 29, 2024.
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Chappie? Woke up to this during a late-night Tubi binge and decided to sit through it. The cinematography feels like it stole the color palette that should have been in The Creator. Impressive and intense sequences of robot vs. man. The script feels like the Avatar movies except the unintentional comedy is times 10.
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Watched on Saturday October 26, 2024.
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Watched on Saturday October 26, 2024.
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Watched on Friday October 25, 2024.
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Watched on Friday October 25, 2024.
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Watched on Thursday October 24, 2024.
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Watched on Tuesday October 22, 2024.
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Bro took his time eating that pickle
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Rabid is an early Cronenberg film that watching today feels inseparable from the events of COVID-19 back in the days of spraying down your grocery bags from the store and wearing a mask over your face wherever you went. The government within the universe of Cronenberg's rabies-fueled fever dream of a film handles the crisis with Orwellian and dystopian violence of artillery and authority. If we thought we had it bad, we can only imagine how much worse things could be in an alternate reality, or more closely study and compare this narrative to how some country's leaders have failed to mandate and control a pandemic in the name of their citizens first.
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Shivers shows just how versatile and adaptable Cronenberg was from the very beginning of his filmmaking career, achieving this parasitic body horror vision with a budget of less than 200,000 CAD.
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IT'S GONNA BE A BLOOD BATH... if this film doesn't win a fucking Oscar.
Fuck Israel #FREEPALESTINE
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First time seeing the film in full. Chiaroscuro lighting in the final act is top notch horror cinematography. Thank god Dr. Loomis didn’t mansplain the boogeyman to Laurie at the end. I couldn’t imagine seeing this in a theater for the first time that would actually scare the shit out of teenage me probably.
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"Cause let’s face it, baby, these days… you gotta have a sequel!" — Stu
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Kaneto Shindo’s Onibaba plays out more like a drama about the psychology of survival and human nature than a horror film yet still contains some of the most horrifying scenes in cinema. Thanks for the recommendation Mr. Dafoe. What keen taste.
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Third time watching Minus Color because the black and white photography with contrast as rich as a professional Magnum photographer makes Godzilla so goddamn scary and the handcraft that went into this version frame by frame cannot ever be appreciated enough. God Bless Takashi Yamazaki.
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The plot structure used in Saturday Night (Jason Reitman, 2024) to emphasize the importance of and focus on this single evening was a powerful and captivating way to capture what the birth of the show felt like without artificially heightening or overdramatizing much. The utilization of this A-listing cast was unbelievable. J.K. Simmons's iconic voice wasn't even enough for me to immediately recognize him as the womanizing comedian Milton Berle. Everyone was so into their character and did fantastic work animating themselves. An exciting homage to one of America's most legendary night shows for an evening outing full of conversation.
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Watched on Thursday October 10, 2024.
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Technically, The Fall (Tarsem, 2006) is two stories in one and both are shot exceptionally well to suit their genre and mood. I am still contemplating that tricky ending. I wish I could have access to the film sooner than now. Mubi is doing some incredible restoration/revival work.
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This poetic look at leaving behind what you love most and then finding it again explores how old perspectives change when new ones present themselves. Tarkovsky's Nostalgia (1983) is quite a grim love story between Russia and Italy. While many works in cinema glorify this popular travel destination, Tarkovsky is interested in expressing personal and historical boundaries, shattering all those borders along the way.
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This seclusively symbolic spy thriller is among Hitchcock's most subtle and finest works. While the master can become quite expressive, here, he stays quiet; saying much by showing little. Ingrid Bergman's performance is one for the ages. Edith Head's cutting-edge dress design is chef's kiss to this dazzling work about evasive government agencies.
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This has got to be one of the goofiest American-made film productions exploiting another culture I have ever seen, and there are a LOT of them! I madly respect Brendan Fraser for absolutely bodying this role.
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I don't have any words to describe what I saw but it will undoubtedly stick with me longer than 90% of the shorts I see. I adored the video camera aesthetic similar to what we see in Lynch's Inland Empire. There's something so comically sweet yet ominous about this family tale. A must-watch for cinema lovers! PEACE!
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Nobody is normal! That doesn't exist.
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I hope I never meet this dream creep guy oh fuck. For real though it has been YEARS since I have seen a horror short this original and effective.
]]>My favorite movies with trains
- The Great Train Robbery
- Out of the Blue
- Strangers on a Train
- Marnie
- Snowpiercer
- The General
- Le Cercle Rouge
- The Ghost Train
- Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
- Amélie
...plus 37 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Movies that are brat.
- Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
- Run Lola Run
- The Virgin Suicides
- Erin Brockovich
- The Bling Ring
- Priscilla
- Tokyo Drifter
- Millennium Mambo
- Spring Breakers
- Fallen Angels
...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Vice Squad
- Angel
- Stripped to Kill
- Killer's Delight
- The Toolbox Murders
- Don't Answer the Phone!
- 10 to Midnight
- The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
- Don't Open Till Christmas
- Eyes of Laura Mars
...plus 26 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- The Pirogue
- Still Life
- Wadjda
- Zama
- Scorpio Rising
- Nicholas Brothers: Stormy Weather
- Singin' in the Rain
- Curses
- Grand Illusion
- Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre
...plus 27 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Every film mentioned in Quentin Tarantino's novel Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
The Born Losers: "It would end up being AIP's biggest hit of the year."
I Am Curious (Yellow): "It's supposed to be dirty, isn't it?" — Miss Himmelsteen "It means the Swedish guy who made it wasn't just making a fuck film. He was trying to make art." — Cliff
- Gidget
- Battle of the Coral Sea
- For a Few Dollars More
- Apache Uprising
- Stagecoach
- Hellfire
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers
- The Great Escape
- The Bridge on the River Kwai
- The Victors
...plus 4 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
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Filmed around Detroit, Michigan
- Scream 4
Filming location: 1005 Lincoln Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Roberts residence)
- Scream VI
“Michigan.” - Tara
- Immaculate
“Just outside of Detroit, Michigan.” - Sister Ceceillia
- Barbarian
Some exterior shots filmed in Detroit, Michigan’s Brightmoor neighborhood (April 2021)
- The Evil Dead
Scenes in the cellar were shot in Michigan at producer Robert Taper’s farmhouse and Sam Raimi’s garage.
- Lake Michigan Monster
Lake Michigan!
David Lynch loves this movie - A Nightmare on Elm Street
Nancy watches a trailer for The Evil Dead while trying not to fall asleep
The movies that glorify Hollywood and take place in L.A. Films to watch when visiting or moving to L.A.
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"Jim, you're a liar and a horse thief!" — Unforgiven
"You're a liar, a theif, and a cheat." — Vampire in Brooklyn
"You're a Liar and a thief!" — Ocean's Eleven
"You're a Liar and a thief!" — The Two Towers
Roles of Linda Manz
]]>Each film from Cornell Cinema's Spring 2024 Schedule is listed in order of their screening date.
- Rashomon
- A Thousand and One
- The Boy and the Heron
- Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
- Koyaanisqatsi
- Mami Wata
- The Unknown Country
- The King and I
- Another Body
- Return to Seoul
...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Close Your Eyes
- Trenque Lauquen
- Fallen Leaves
- The Zone of Interest
- May December
- Leave the World Behind
- Saltburn
- The Holdovers
- Dream Scenario
- Priscilla
...plus 41 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Films referenced on the Chucky TV show
]]>- J'accuse
- La Roue
- Napoleon
- The Crazy Ray
- Whirlpool of Fate
- The Little Match Girl
- L'Argent
- The Lion of the Moguls
- Double Love
- The Adventures of Robert Macaire
...plus 9 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>François Truffaut
1. Assassins et Voleurs
2. Bigger Than Life
3. The Wrong Man
4. A Face in the Crowd
5. Nights of Cabiria
6. A King in New York
7. Sait-on Jamais
8. The Pennywhistle Blues
9. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
10. Hollywood or Bust
Jean-Luc Godard
1. Bitter Victory
2. The Wrong Man
3. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
4. Hollywood or Bust
5. Les Trois Font La Paire
6. A King in New York
7. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
8. The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
9. Sawdust and Tinsel
10. Saint Joan
- Murderers and Thieves
- Bigger Than Life
- The Wrong Man
- A Face in the Crowd
- Nights of Cabiria
- A King in New York
- No Sun in Venice
- The Pennywhistle Blues
- The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz
- Hollywood or Bust
...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>All the films scheduled to screen at Cornell Cinema during the fall 2023 semester.
- The Big Lebowski
- Past Lives
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
- Beau Travail
- Asteroid City
- Fantasia
- Death of a Bureaucrat
- Sick of Myself
- Blue Jean
- Lady and the Tramp
...plus 51 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Vertigo
- Woman to Woman
- The Prude's Fall
- The White Shadow
- The Passionate Adventure
- The Blackguard
- The Pleasure Garden
- The Mountain Eagle
- Psycho
- Rear Window
...plus 92 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Films with titles written and designed by Alfred Hitchcock,4 as noted in Eric Rohmer's book 'Hitchcock: The First Forty-Four Films.'
]]>Films inspired by Edgar Allen Poe's fiction story 'The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether' and films involving insane asylums.
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
- Dr. Goudron's System
- The Mansion of Madness
- Stonehearst Asylum
- Eerie Tales
- The Living Dead
- Asylum
- Don't Look in the Basement
- Regeneration
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
...plus 24 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>The best films involving cheating on somebody.
- Blue Velvet
- Eyes Wide Shut
- Possession
- Requiem for a Dream
- Enemy
- The Apartment
- Revanche
- Y Tu Mamá También
- The Wolf of Wall Street
- sex, lies, and videotape
...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Close-Up
- Totally F***ed Up
- Punishment Park
- Kate Plays Christine
- Days of Cannibalism
- City of God
- The Blair Witch Project
- The Act of Killing
- Man with a Movie Camera
- The Thin Blue Line
...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Only five women directed a Hollywood movie in 1970. Elaine May, Joan Darling, Jane Wagner, Lina Wertmüller, and Joan Micklin Silver.
- First Love
- A New Leaf
- Mikey and Nicky
- Moment by Moment
- Swept Away
- Seven Beauties
- Love and Anarchy
- The Seduction of Mimi
- Chilly Scenes of Winter
- Hester Street
...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Le beau Serge
- The Cousins
- The 400 Blows
- Sign of the Lion
- Paris Belongs to Us
- A Game for Six Lovers
- Breathless
- Hiroshima Mon Amour
- Shoot the Piano Player
- Jules and Jim
...plus 13 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Fantastic Planet
- Ubu and the Great Gidouille
- India Song
- Chantons sous l'occupation
- Les hommes de la baleine
- Le calvaire de Cimiez
- The Astronauts
- Fantorro the Last Enforcer
- Pauline et l'ordinateur
- Une femme au bout de la nuit
...plus 7 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Dunkirk
- Apocalypse Now
- Saving Private Ryan
- Black Hawk Down
- Come and See
- The Thin Red Line
- Full Metal Jacket
- Paths of Glory
- London Can Take It!
- Hacksaw Ridge
...plus 41 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>- Moonlight
- Eighth Grade
- The Lighthouse
- Spring Breakers
- The Farewell
- The Florida Project
- Uncut Gems
- Hereditary
- Midsommar
- The Witch
...plus 2 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
]]>Required film screenings from my Hollywood and American Film class at Ithaca College. I took this class in the spring of 2022 as a first year film student. With each film on this list, I've included the weekly class topic, the prompt/prompt response, and then my own more structured review of the film. Enjoy!
- Way Down East
- The Gold Rush
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
- The Battle of Midway
- Sunset Boulevard
- The Searchers
- Easy Rider
- Mikey and Nicky
- The Breakfast Club
- Daughters of the Dust
...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.
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