A CHINESE GHOST STORY (1987)
Crudely made, but ultimately a winning sort of hodgepodge. It draws from
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NO OTHER CHOICE (2025)
Broadly speaking, I'm supportive of Park Chan-Wook's
L'AVVENTURA (1960)
I gotta be honest here and acknowledge that I never quite granted
FITZCARRALDO (1980) ★
Still not totally sure if this is, like, a rebuke of colonialism
THE SECRET AGENT (2025)
This review may contain spoilers.
I think maybe I was oversold on
12/11-12/20
Rian Johnson's GLASS ONION // Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN // Joel Anderson's LAKE MUNGO // P. T. Anderson's MAGNOLIA
FRANKENSTEIN (2025)
The good: memorable creature-work, embodied well by Jacob Elordi's
MAGNOLIA (1999) ★
Sorry everyone: this is still P. T. Anderson's best film.
12/3-12/11
Jaume Balagueró & Paco Plaza's [REC] //
Errol Morris's GATES OF HEAVEN //
Alex Stapleton's CORMAN'S WORLD //
Vincente Minnelli's THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL //
KEYHOLE (2011)
Maddin's films tend to be resistant to straightforward summary, and
11/27-12/1
Guy Maddin's KEYHOLE //
Clint Bentley's TRAIN DREAMS //
Daniel Goldhaber's HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE //
Alan J. Pakula's ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN //
TRAIN DREAMS (2025)
I have often said that the literary form best suited for filmic