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The Private Life of a Cat 1946

★★★★ Watched 30 May 2023

From 12th-century Chinese poetry to the golden age of American experimental film to the birth of the internet meme, it seems like we just can't help but immortalize cats. I suspect there's something aspirational about this; if I had a nickel for every time I've heard someone yearning for the feline life (i.e. sleeping 18 hours a day, playing when the mood strikes you, not having to pay rent), I'd have at least a few bucks. Oh, to be an…
Jaws 1975

★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Apr 2021

The Great American Novel is about morality or justice or some bullshit, while the Great American Movie is about a giant killer shark that eats people, and this is why movies are better

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Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary 2024

★★★ Watched 30 Nov 2024

My main takeaway from this is that Christopher Cross is a pretty cool guy.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005

★★★½ Watched 25 Dec 2024

Friends, this is it. This is the Robert Downey, Jr. Acid Test. If you can make it through this without pulling your hair out at how smarmy and smug RDJ is in this, congratulations, you'll have some new/old counterprogramming for the holidays. Whether or not you'll like this will be dictated by how much of Shane Black's obnoxious aggro neo-noir stylings you can stand, and I can stand a fair bit of them, thank you very much. This movie plays…

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Body Heat 1981

★★★★ Watched 02 Jun 2016 1

Florida Man Fucks Up Big Time
The Duke of Burgundy 2014

★★★★½ Watched 21 Nov 2015

Yeah, I'm into BDSM: Brakhage, domesticity, sadness, and, uh... moths.

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Recovering film school doofus, co-editor-at-large of Dim the House Lights, semi-retired podcaster, defender of the capsule review, star donor (margin of error on ratings: +/- 0.5 stars). Those four movies to the left aren't necessarily my favourites, but I do dig 'em a lot.

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