Zoe

Zoe

2,918Films

78This year

24Lists

180Following

616Followers

Midwest, USA
anitapallenberg.tumblr.com

Favorite films

  • Ninotchka
  • Delta of Venus
  • Desperate Living
  • The Story of Sin

Recent activity

All
  • Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

    ★★★★½

  • The Grass Is Greener

    ★★★½

  • Saw VI

    ★★★½

  • Saw V

    ★★★★

Recent reviews

More
  • Bluebeard's Eighth Wife

    Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938

    ★★★★½ Rewatched 04 Mar 2025

    This is one of the few old Hollywood films that treats divorce as not the worst thing in the world. Still it has a pro-‘forever’ marriage but it still plays with marriage/divorce dynamics in such a fun way. Nicole is mean to her new husband after marriage because she wants the divorce settlement. The ending when she has the true upper hand is so wonderful, this is the toxic romance kind of stuff (said ending when she keeps reminding him…

  • The Grass Is Greener

    The Grass Is Greener 1960

    ★★★½ Watched 03 Mar 2025

    Love how morality ruins yet another wonderful Old Hollywood coupling. Deborah Kerr and Robert Mitchum are just oozing with chemistry the moment their characters meet. Divorce isn't evil, leave Grant!

    Obsessed with all of Jean Simmons's outfits - especially the orange and pink floral gown and pants(?) set with the diamond tiara. She's so fun here! Adored the way she just walked into her friends living room with just a (mink) coat over her underwear.

Popular reviews

More
  • Bedazzled

    Bedazzled 2000

    ★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2019 1

    The Devil: How would you like to make one simple decision that'll change your life forever?
    Elliot: Okay. I'm glad scientology works for you but-

    My favorite part is when Brendan Fraser's character wishes he was incredibly good looking and then it cuts to him with a slightly different haircut.

  • Excision

    Excision 2012

    ★★★★ Watched 03 Oct 2018

    Sorry guys but coming of age horror belongs to women.

Tags

143

Following

180
' ].join(''); if ( adsScript && adsScript === 'bandsintown' && adsPlatforms && ((window.isIOS && adsPlatforms.indexOf("iOS") >= 0) || (window.isAndroid && adsPlatforms.indexOf("Android") >= 0)) && adsLocations && adsMode && ( (adsMode === 'include' && adsLocations.indexOf(window.adsLocation) >= 0) || (adsMode === 'exclude' && adsLocations.indexOf(window.adsLocation) == -1) ) ) { var opts = { artist: "", song: "", adunit_id: 100005950, div_id: "cf_async_64cf6d34-3592-4a36-864f-fc0a69f5d98e" }; adUnit.id = opts.div_id; if (target) { target.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', adUnit); } else { tag.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', adUnit); } var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== 'undefined')c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement("script"),s=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];r.async=!0;r.src="//srv.tunefindforfans.com/fruits/apricots.js";r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if("loaded"==r.readyState||"complete"==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)}; } else { adUnit.id = 'pw-64cf6d34-3592-4a36-864f-fc0a69f5d98e'; adUnit.className = 'pw-div'; adUnit.setAttribute('data-pw-' + (renderMobile ? 'mobi' : 'desk'), 'sky_btf'); if (target) { target.insertAdjacentElement('beforeend', adUnit); } else { tag.insertAdjacentElement('afterend', adUnit); } window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', (event) => { adUnit.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend', kicker); window.ramp.que.push(function () { window.ramp.addTag('pw-64cf6d34-3592-4a36-864f-fc0a69f5d98e'); }); }, { once: true }); } } tag.remove(); })(document.getElementById('script-64cf6d34-3592-4a36-864f-fc0a69f5d98e'));

Diary

2,537

Ratings

1,974
★ ★★★★★

Recent lists

24
  • 3 Women
  • The Story of Sin
  • That Most Important Thing: Love
  • The Young Girls of Rochefort
  • Performance

Favorite films ♡ 100 films

  • Magnificent Obsession
  • Heat Lightning
  • Ring
  • When Night Is Falling
  • Twixt

First Time Watches of 2025 71 films

  • The Red Queen Kills Seven Times
  • Opera
  • A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
  • Death Walks at Midnight
  • Tenebre

Gialli: Ranked 30 films

Activity

All