Zak
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Favorite First Watches, October 2025:
Ms. 45 (1981, dir. Abel Ferrara)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971, dir. Roy Ward Baker)
Housekeeping (1987, dir. Bill Forsyth)
Roofman (2025, Derek Cianfrance)
Miroirs No. 3 (2025, dir. Christian Petzold)
Blue Moon (2025, dir. Richard Linklater)
Ms. 45 (1981, dir. Abel Ferrara)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971, dir. Roy Ward Baker)
Housekeeping (1987, dir. Bill Forsyth)
Roofman (2025, Derek Cianfrance)
Miroirs No. 3 (2025, dir. Christian Petzold)
Blue Moon (2025, dir. Richard Linklater)
November 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Favorite First Watches, October 2025:
Ms. 45 (1981, dir. Abel Ferrara)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971, dir. Roy Ward Baker)
Housekeeping (1987, dir. Bill Forsyth)
Roofman (2025, Derek Cianfrance)
Miroirs No. 3 (2025, dir. Christian Petzold)
Blue Moon (2025, dir. Richard Linklater)
Ms. 45 (1981, dir. Abel Ferrara)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971, dir. Roy Ward Baker)
Housekeeping (1987, dir. Bill Forsyth)
Roofman (2025, Derek Cianfrance)
Miroirs No. 3 (2025, dir. Christian Petzold)
Blue Moon (2025, dir. Richard Linklater)
Favorite First Watches, September 2025:
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmmy Dean (Robert Altman, 1982)
Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak, 1944)
All The President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
Redline (Takeshi Koike, 2009)
Daisies (Věra Chytilová, 1966)
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmmy Dean (Robert Altman, 1982)
Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak, 1944)
All The President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
Redline (Takeshi Koike, 2009)
Daisies (Věra Chytilová, 1966)
October 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Favorite First Watches, September 2025:
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmmy Dean (Robert Altman, 1982)
Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak, 1944)
All The President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
Redline (Takeshi Koike, 2009)
Daisies (Věra Chytilová, 1966)
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmmy Dean (Robert Altman, 1982)
Phantom Lady (Robert Siodmak, 1944)
All The President's Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976)
Redline (Takeshi Koike, 2009)
Daisies (Věra Chytilová, 1966)
Favorite First Watches, August 2025:
Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
Weapons (Zach Cregger, 2025)
Cloud (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2025)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947)
Burning (Lee Chang-dong, 2018)
Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
Weapons (Zach Cregger, 2025)
Cloud (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2025)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947)
Burning (Lee Chang-dong, 2018)
September 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Favorite First Watches, August 2025:
Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
Weapons (Zach Cregger, 2025)
Cloud (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2025)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947)
Burning (Lee Chang-dong, 2018)
Out of the Past (Jacques Tourneur, 1947)
Weapons (Zach Cregger, 2025)
Cloud (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2025)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1947)
Burning (Lee Chang-dong, 2018)
Rewatching Mad Men, and man you forget how different early Peggy is. Screaming “Hell yeah, that’s the Peggy I know, make that poor girl fucking CRY” every time she even hints at her true self.
June 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Rewatching Mad Men, and man you forget how different early Peggy is. Screaming “Hell yeah, that’s the Peggy I know, make that poor girl fucking CRY” every time she even hints at her true self.
Favorite First Watches, May 2025:
Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954)
Dragon Ball Super: Superhero (Tetsuro Kodama, 2023)
Friendship (Andrew DeYoung, 2025)
Results (Andrew Bujalski, 2015)
Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954)
Dragon Ball Super: Superhero (Tetsuro Kodama, 2023)
Friendship (Andrew DeYoung, 2025)
Results (Andrew Bujalski, 2015)
June 3, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Favorite First Watches, May 2025:
Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954)
Dragon Ball Super: Superhero (Tetsuro Kodama, 2023)
Friendship (Andrew DeYoung, 2025)
Results (Andrew Bujalski, 2015)
Johnny Guitar (Nicholas Ray, 1954)
Dragon Ball Super: Superhero (Tetsuro Kodama, 2023)
Friendship (Andrew DeYoung, 2025)
Results (Andrew Bujalski, 2015)
Favorite First Watches, April 2025:
Chi-Raq (Spike Lee, 2015)
Rebel Ridge (Jeremy Saulnier, 2024)
Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988)
Indiscreet (Stanley Donen, 1958)
Red Rock West (John Dahl, 1993)
Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
The Bad and the Beautiful (Vincente Minnelli, 1952)
Chi-Raq (Spike Lee, 2015)
Rebel Ridge (Jeremy Saulnier, 2024)
Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988)
Indiscreet (Stanley Donen, 1958)
Red Rock West (John Dahl, 1993)
Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
The Bad and the Beautiful (Vincente Minnelli, 1952)
May 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Favorite First Watches, April 2025:
Chi-Raq (Spike Lee, 2015)
Rebel Ridge (Jeremy Saulnier, 2024)
Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988)
Indiscreet (Stanley Donen, 1958)
Red Rock West (John Dahl, 1993)
Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
The Bad and the Beautiful (Vincente Minnelli, 1952)
Chi-Raq (Spike Lee, 2015)
Rebel Ridge (Jeremy Saulnier, 2024)
Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg, 1988)
Indiscreet (Stanley Donen, 1958)
Red Rock West (John Dahl, 1993)
Schindler's List (Steven Spielberg, 1993)
The Bad and the Beautiful (Vincente Minnelli, 1952)
Favorite First Watches, March 2025 (almost forgot!)
Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
Black Bag (Steven Soderbergh, 2025)
The Annihilation of Fish (Charles Burnett, 1999)
American Gigolo (Paul Schrader, 1980)
Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
Black Bag (Steven Soderbergh, 2025)
The Annihilation of Fish (Charles Burnett, 1999)
American Gigolo (Paul Schrader, 1980)
May 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Favorite First Watches, March 2025 (almost forgot!)
Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
Black Bag (Steven Soderbergh, 2025)
The Annihilation of Fish (Charles Burnett, 1999)
American Gigolo (Paul Schrader, 1980)
Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927)
Black Bag (Steven Soderbergh, 2025)
The Annihilation of Fish (Charles Burnett, 1999)
American Gigolo (Paul Schrader, 1980)
Favorite First Watches, February 2025:
Robin and Marian (Richard Lester, 1976)
Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
Look Back (Kiyotaka Oshiyama, 2024)
Red Rooms (Pascal Plante, 2024)
The Unknown (Tod Browning, 1927)
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
Robin and Marian (Richard Lester, 1976)
Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
Look Back (Kiyotaka Oshiyama, 2024)
Red Rooms (Pascal Plante, 2024)
The Unknown (Tod Browning, 1927)
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
March 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Favorite First Watches, February 2025:
Robin and Marian (Richard Lester, 1976)
Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
Look Back (Kiyotaka Oshiyama, 2024)
Red Rooms (Pascal Plante, 2024)
The Unknown (Tod Browning, 1927)
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
Robin and Marian (Richard Lester, 1976)
Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)
Look Back (Kiyotaka Oshiyama, 2024)
Red Rooms (Pascal Plante, 2024)
The Unknown (Tod Browning, 1927)
Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957)
Personally, I don’t think this Red Hulk fella should be president.
February 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Personally, I don’t think this Red Hulk fella should be president.
Favorite First Watches, January 2025:
Happy Hour (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2015)
All We Imagine As Light (Payal Kapadia, 2024)
The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, 1938)
Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
Happy Hour (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2015)
All We Imagine As Light (Payal Kapadia, 2024)
The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, 1938)
Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
February 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Favorite First Watches, January 2025:
Happy Hour (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2015)
All We Imagine As Light (Payal Kapadia, 2024)
The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, 1938)
Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
Happy Hour (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, 2015)
All We Imagine As Light (Payal Kapadia, 2024)
The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Michael Curtiz, 1938)
Run Lola Run (Tom Tykwer, 1998)
obviously evergreen and still just feels more true than ever this past week - screaming into the void a little but will someone please just DO SOMETHING
January 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
obviously evergreen and still just feels more true than ever this past week - screaming into the void a little but will someone please just DO SOMETHING
Was mostly prepared for Oscar noms to be what they were, like I figured Challengers score would be a reach, and thus mostly feel pretty 🤷♂️ about any snubs.
BUT
how rude to Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Pansy should give the academy a piece of her mind.
BUT
how rude to Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Pansy should give the academy a piece of her mind.
January 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Was mostly prepared for Oscar noms to be what they were, like I figured Challengers score would be a reach, and thus mostly feel pretty 🤷♂️ about any snubs.
BUT
how rude to Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Pansy should give the academy a piece of her mind.
BUT
how rude to Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Pansy should give the academy a piece of her mind.
A guy watches Cats (2019) stoned one time and now is already in danger of seeing the soundtrack all over his Spotify Wrapped 2025, nothing can be done about this.
December 15, 2024 at 11:52 PM
A guy watches Cats (2019) stoned one time and now is already in danger of seeing the soundtrack all over his Spotify Wrapped 2025, nothing can be done about this.
Favorite First Watches, November 2023:
Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski, 2018)
The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023)
Priscilla (Sofia Coppola, 2023)
Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023)
May/December (Todd Haynes, 2023)
Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski, 2018)
The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023)
Priscilla (Sofia Coppola, 2023)
Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023)
May/December (Todd Haynes, 2023)
December 1, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Favorite First Watches, November 2023:
Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski, 2018)
The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023)
Priscilla (Sofia Coppola, 2023)
Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023)
May/December (Todd Haynes, 2023)
Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski, 2018)
The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023)
Priscilla (Sofia Coppola, 2023)
Maestro (Bradley Cooper, 2023)
May/December (Todd Haynes, 2023)
Happy Across the Sea day to all who celebrate!
October 11, 2023 at 3:53 PM
Happy Across the Sea day to all who celebrate!
Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the Foundation show is that it has designed a method for infinite Lee Paces and infinite Jared Harrises.
September 28, 2023 at 5:15 PM
Perhaps the most compelling aspect of the Foundation show is that it has designed a method for infinite Lee Paces and infinite Jared Harrises.
It is truly insane how Shanghai Knights leans into “oh and by the way this random kid, he’s Charlie Chaplin”
August 14, 2023 at 1:20 AM
It is truly insane how Shanghai Knights leans into “oh and by the way this random kid, he’s Charlie Chaplin”
those gorn, they're always up to something yaknow
August 10, 2023 at 8:04 PM
those gorn, they're always up to something yaknow
twisting and turning, i woke up in a cold sweat late last night. i just couldn't stop thinking about it, i have to know. could it be possible? could a gamer ever become a racer?
August 10, 2023 at 2:25 PM
twisting and turning, i woke up in a cold sweat late last night. i just couldn't stop thinking about it, i have to know. could it be possible? could a gamer ever become a racer?
Oddly comforted by the symmetry in my recently watched.
August 8, 2023 at 3:58 AM
Oddly comforted by the symmetry in my recently watched.
Stephen Amell? More like Stephen Ay-You-Smell
August 3, 2023 at 12:37 AM
Stephen Amell? More like Stephen Ay-You-Smell
The New Line Studio fanfare from the 90s - maybe the best to ever do it?
July 31, 2023 at 7:34 PM
The New Line Studio fanfare from the 90s - maybe the best to ever do it?
I've been getting into Dragonball and Dragonball Z, and it is truly so wild every time it goes "oh yeah, Launch."
July 25, 2023 at 9:23 PM
I've been getting into Dragonball and Dragonball Z, and it is truly so wild every time it goes "oh yeah, Launch."
I think if he wanted to piss away money, Elon could at least aim for my toilet
July 25, 2023 at 12:32 AM
I think if he wanted to piss away money, Elon could at least aim for my toilet