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La Dolce Vita 1960

★★★★★ Rewatched 15 Dec 2024

I had forgotten how episodic La Dolce Vita is, maybe because Fellini effortlessly shimmies the story from one episode to another. Some are exuberant, while others are deeply melancholic, but the scenes with Marcelo's father remain my favorite. The father is both a mirror and a time machine and it brings to the fore the underlying sense of despair and hollowness.
Conclave 2024

★★★½ Watched 14 Dec 2024

Ralph Fiennes has sort of quickly become one of my favorite actors working today and Conclave is yet more evidence of his range and effortless charisma. It’s kind of incredible that this is the same actor who’s played Francis Dollarhyde, M. Gustave, Amon Goeth, Harry Hawkes, and Lenny Nero.

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Sorcerer 1977

★★★★★ Rewatched 15 Apr 2023

Gritty, sweaty, unbearably tense masterpiece. It took two viewings to cement its five-star status, but from the opening frame I was hooked. This is probably Friedkin's most underrated film, and the thing that elevates it is the singular focus of the film. It moves so quickly and efficiently, with no wasted shots, and the location and production design create an immersive experience like you hardly get anymore. While Friedkin mostly leans on a realistic style, there are shots that take my breath away in their operatic grandeur, including the final leg of the journey.
Queer 2024

★★★★½ Watched 05 Dec 2024

A sumptuous piece of cinema, achingly tender and beautifully realized. From the use of minatures and sets to the propulsive score and soundtrack, everything about Queer is just stunning. Of course the real star is Daniel Craig, who gives a career-best performance in the lead. Craig adds a physicality to the role so every shrug and pause layers the character with grief, hope, and longing. Queer is one of Guadagnino's more challenging movies; the use of dreams and hallucinations contrasts with the more straight-forward Call Me By Your Name, but it's never alienating. It enrichens the experience, and the ending is both awesome and heartbreaking.

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"That might be the weirdest movie you've watched yet." — My wife on a weekly basis.

Recovering academic, father of three, and all-around movie nut with an unhealthy obsession for genre movies (70s and 80s horror), New Hollywood, and French Cinema.

Faves reflect my current mood, typically inspired by recent watches or seasonal pickings. For a proper list of ranked favorite films, see my list.

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