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The Shining 1980

★★★★½ Rewatched 16 Dec 2024

I realized I have met the love of my life when three things in a row happened within the week: she made a Brian Eno reference regarding escalator drones, we sang along to “Deacon Blues” by Steely Dan, analyzing what it means and I bought a 4K of The Shining specifically to show her the Bear costumed man moment she had forgotten. Not to mention we had our own Room 237-like conservation.

Also, this movie is about how pathetic men can…
Flow 2024

★★★★½ Rewatched 05 Dec 2024 1

Lost track of how many times my cat’s eyes got wide watching this. I couldn’t help but wonder if we were experiencing the same level of anxiety at times. Stunning to look at, but goodness, those poor animals being in peril so often. This actually scared me more than most horror films this year!

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Take This Waltz 2011

★★★★★ Watched 04 Jun 2012 8

If someone were to point out my favorite thing(s) to read, even more than a great novel, it would be essays about something that affected them so deeply that they felt compelled to write about it. It can be short, or it can be 20 pages long. A great author of this approach would be Lester Bangs, who wrote beautifully indulgent music reviews in such an intensely personal way that were so resonant, that for the right reader, you might…
Reality 2014

★★★ Watched 02 May 2015 3

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Fav Directors: Paul Thomas Anderson, David Lynch, Sam Raimi, Kelly Reichardt, Todd Haynes, Nicholas…

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