Like every other Boetticher I’ve seen, Buchanan Rides Alone is tightly crafted, smartly directed, and, best of all, efficient.
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A ★★★½ review of Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)
It must be difficult for Buchanan to walk around, what with his massive balls of steel and all. Buchanan Rides Alone marks the fifth Budd Boetticher film I’ve seen and the fourth from Criterion’s Rano...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Like every other Boetticher I’ve seen, Buchanan Rides Alone is tightly crafted, smartly directed, and, best of all, efficient.
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boxd.it/bZRYWR My ★★★½ review of Buchanan Rides Alone on @letterboxd.social :
I don’t have a fresh grand re-evaluation of Kill Bill to add, but this is proof that Tarantino can still put on a show and that moviegoing can still feel like a spectacle.
My ★★★★½ review of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bXtbZB
My ★★★★½ review of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bXtbZB
A ★★★★½ review of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006)
Every so often I think I’ve outgrown Tarantino—the naturalistic chatter, the winking pop-culture lifts, the way he remixes the movies he watches—and then, as usual, I’m swept right back in. It’s easy ...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I don’t have a fresh grand re-evaluation of Kill Bill to add, but this is proof that Tarantino can still put on a show and that moviegoing can still feel like a spectacle.
My ★★★★½ review of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bXtbZB
My ★★★★½ review of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bXtbZB
Like much of Park Chan-wook’s past work, No Other Choice is a film with so much to chew on, practically demanding a rewatch. While I still prefer Decision to Leave by a hair, the gap isn’t wide.
My ★★★★½ review of No Other Choice on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bP1pfp
My ★★★★½ review of No Other Choice on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bP1pfp
A ★★★★½ review of No Other Choice (2025)
Another year, another Park Chan-wook film—one of my favorite rituals. No Other Choice is his latest masterpiece in a long line of masterpieces, and yet another example of a director utterly in command...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Like much of Park Chan-wook’s past work, No Other Choice is a film with so much to chew on, practically demanding a rewatch. While I still prefer Decision to Leave by a hair, the gap isn’t wide.
My ★★★★½ review of No Other Choice on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bP1pfp
My ★★★★½ review of No Other Choice on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bP1pfp
I loved this. One of Guillermo del Toro’s strongest films and an undeniably beautiful work of art. It’s a shame Netflix didn’t give it a wider theatrical release…
My ★★★★½ review of Frankenstein on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bN1FNz
My ★★★★½ review of Frankenstein on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bN1FNz
A ★★★★½ review of Frankenstein (2025)
The warmth of the Sun on pallid skin, wedding dresses stained with blood, frozen wastes becoming shelters for hope. Frankenstein is Guillermo del Toro’s 13th film, and I think it stands as one of his ...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I loved this. One of Guillermo del Toro’s strongest films and an undeniably beautiful work of art. It’s a shame Netflix didn’t give it a wider theatrical release…
My ★★★★½ review of Frankenstein on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bN1FNz
My ★★★★½ review of Frankenstein on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bN1FNz
For as well-made, well-acted, and well-shot as this is, The Man Who Knew Too Much feels familiar and a touch too redundant within Hitchcock’s prestigious body of work.
My ★★★½ review of The Man Who Knew Too Much on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bL8EIp
My ★★★½ review of The Man Who Knew Too Much on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bL8EIp
A ★★★½ review of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
A remake of Hitchcock’s own 1934 film of the same name, The Man Who Knew Too Much may not be one of his most famous works, but it’s a clear example of a director in full control of his craft. Starring...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
For as well-made, well-acted, and well-shot as this is, The Man Who Knew Too Much feels familiar and a touch too redundant within Hitchcock’s prestigious body of work.
My ★★★½ review of The Man Who Knew Too Much on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bL8EIp
My ★★★½ review of The Man Who Knew Too Much on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bL8EIp
It’s not particularly scary, but it’s often fascinating. A prickly, feminist pivot that fits neatly into Romero’s continued exploration and critique of American life.
My ★★★★½ review of Hungry Wives on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bKd73p
My ★★★★½ review of Hungry Wives on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bKd73p
A ★★★★½ review of Hungry Wives (1972)
Originally titled Jack’s Wife, then hacked down and released as Hungry Wives (Jack H. Harris, the film’s original distributor, cut 40 minutes and sold it as a softcore pornographic exploitation flick)...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
It’s not particularly scary, but it’s often fascinating. A prickly, feminist pivot that fits neatly into Romero’s continued exploration and critique of American life.
My ★★★★½ review of Hungry Wives on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bKd73p
My ★★★★½ review of Hungry Wives on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bKd73p
Daimajin is a flex of miniatures, forced perspectives, and practical ingenuity, but it’s also a tight parable of divine justice against tyrannical rulers. Spare, sincere, and oh-so-satisfying.
My ★★★★ review of Daimajin on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bCwvRp
My ★★★★ review of Daimajin on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bCwvRp
A ★★★★ review of Daimajin (1966)
I’ve only seen Wrath of Daimajin—the last entry in Daiei’s loosely connected trilogy—and it plays less like pure kaiju chaos and more like a period drama tinged with mysticism and spirituality. Daiei ...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Daimajin is a flex of miniatures, forced perspectives, and practical ingenuity, but it’s also a tight parable of divine justice against tyrannical rulers. Spare, sincere, and oh-so-satisfying.
My ★★★★ review of Daimajin on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bCwvRp
My ★★★★ review of Daimajin on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bCwvRp
I adored this. Maximalist in its filmmaking, yet heart-achingly sincere. Beautiful in so many ways, heartbreaking in so many others. Quite frankly, unforgettable. I literally cried…
My ★★★★½ review of Casshern on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bBs5ZF
My ★★★★½ review of Casshern on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bBs5ZF
A ★★★★½ review of Casshern (2004)
“Hope…our legacy.” Digital haze, chrome towers, and storm-lit skies. Casshern is a hyper-digital war opera that manages to be deeply human. I knew nothing going in—no anime context, no Kazuaki Kiriya ...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I adored this. Maximalist in its filmmaking, yet heart-achingly sincere. Beautiful in so many ways, heartbreaking in so many others. Quite frankly, unforgettable. I literally cried…
My ★★★★½ review of Casshern on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bBs5ZF
My ★★★★½ review of Casshern on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bBs5ZF
It’s a well-made, surprisingly strong entry in a franchise that’s killed off its titular character multiple times and brought him back just as many.
My ★★★★ review of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/byTa2F
My ★★★★ review of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/byTa2F
A ★★★★ review of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
Am I watching these films entirely out of order? Yes. Do I care? Not in the slightest. Directed by Tom McLoughlin, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives felt like the perfect film to close out this y...
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November 1, 2025 at 5:58 AM
It’s a well-made, surprisingly strong entry in a franchise that’s killed off its titular character multiple times and brought him back just as many.
My ★★★★ review of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/byTa2F
My ★★★★ review of Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/byTa2F
Quibbles aside, it’s that neo-western vibe that works so well. Outlaws at midnight, love and blood as a habit you can’t kick. It’s mean, dusty, and very much its own thing.
My ★★★★ review of Near Dark on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bxHm3R
My ★★★★ review of Near Dark on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bxHm3R
A ★★★★ review of Near Dark (1987)
Backlit fog, sun-cloaked silhouettes, blood on the asphalt. Near Dark swaps velvet capes for denim and ash. Kathryn Bigelow’s solo-directorial debut is a vampire movie that feels more like a neo-weste...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Quibbles aside, it’s that neo-western vibe that works so well. Outlaws at midnight, love and blood as a habit you can’t kick. It’s mean, dusty, and very much its own thing.
My ★★★★ review of Near Dark on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bxHm3R
My ★★★★ review of Near Dark on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bxHm3R
If you want a visual feast, Dust Devil absolutely delivers. If you need engagement beyond the image, the connection frays early and never quite returns.
My ★★½ review of Dust Devil on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/bx7MZP
My ★★½ review of Dust Devil on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/bx7MZP
A ★★½ review of Dust Devil (1992)
A sun-blasted occult western, Dust Devil plays like a post-apartheid fever dream. Set against South Africa’s turbulent transitory period and the colonial hangover on Namibia’s horizon, Richard Stanley...
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October 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If you want a visual feast, Dust Devil absolutely delivers. If you need engagement beyond the image, the connection frays early and never quite returns.
My ★★½ review of Dust Devil on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/bx7MZP
My ★★½ review of Dust Devil on @letterboxd.social: boxd.it/bx7MZP
Dougherty borrows freely from his inspirations, but the blend feels wholly its own. A perfect, perennial late October film.
My ★★★★ review of Trick 'r Treat on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bwssxf #filmsky
My ★★★★ review of Trick 'r Treat on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bwssxf #filmsky
A ★★★★ review of Trick 'r Treat (2007)
I’ve technically watched Dougherty’s film about 17 years ago, far too young, peeking through a crack in my parents’ bedroom door. Sam’s burlap mask, that jagged lollipop, and the simple fact that kids...
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October 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Dougherty borrows freely from his inspirations, but the blend feels wholly its own. A perfect, perennial late October film.
My ★★★★ review of Trick 'r Treat on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bwssxf #filmsky
My ★★★★ review of Trick 'r Treat on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bwssxf #filmsky
Decent slasher, but a redundant sequel. Worth it for Cundey alone.
My ★★★ review of Halloween II on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bvKnpn
My ★★★ review of Halloween II on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bvKnpn
A ★★★ review of Halloween II (1981)
Halloween II picks up exactly where Carpenter left off and plays more like a studio-mandated epilogue than anything else. As a slasher, it works. Rick Rosenthal trades atmosphere for escalation: hotte...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Decent slasher, but a redundant sequel. Worth it for Cundey alone.
My ★★★ review of Halloween II on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bvKnpn
My ★★★ review of Halloween II on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bvKnpn
When the film stops over-explaining and just lets these icons brawl, it’s hard not to crack a smile. As engaging storytelling, it’s paper thin. As a fourth-wall-breaking spectacle, it does exactly what it says on the tin.
Freddy vs. Jason on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bvn5sH
Freddy vs. Jason on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bvn5sH
A ★★★ review of Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
There comes a point in every long-running franchise when the boardroom gets louder than the blood. Freddy vs. Jason seems to represent that rather well—a brand summit dressed as a movie, the culminati...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
When the film stops over-explaining and just lets these icons brawl, it’s hard not to crack a smile. As engaging storytelling, it’s paper thin. As a fourth-wall-breaking spectacle, it does exactly what it says on the tin.
Freddy vs. Jason on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bvn5sH
Freddy vs. Jason on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bvn5sH
Countless films have chased its blueprint, but very few capture its chill. Halloween remains a minimalist horror masterstroke, timeless because it strips fear to its essentials.
My ★★★★ review of Halloween on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/buZcPF
My ★★★★ review of Halloween on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/buZcPF
A ★★★★ review of Halloween (1978)
Death comes to Haddonfield. To call Halloween a classic undersells it. Carpenter’s film codified—and wildly popularized—the slasher, launched Jamie Lee Curtis’ career, and cemented him as a master of...
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October 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Countless films have chased its blueprint, but very few capture its chill. Halloween remains a minimalist horror masterstroke, timeless because it strips fear to its essentials.
My ★★★★ review of Halloween on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/buZcPF
My ★★★★ review of Halloween on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/buZcPF
I kind of loved this in spite of myself. It’s silly, self-aware, and weirdly beautiful. It doesn’t fully work, but it’s trying something new, and I think that’s worth celebrating.
My ★★★ review of Alien Resurrection on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bhwQ0H
My ★★★ review of Alien Resurrection on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bhwQ0H
A ★★★ review of Alien Resurrection (1997)
Alien 3 may be the black sheep of the franchise, but Alien: Resurrection feels like the one everyone intentionally forgets. Maybe it’s the shadow of Alien 3’s reception, maybe it’s the bizarre premise...
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October 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I kind of loved this in spite of myself. It’s silly, self-aware, and weirdly beautiful. It doesn’t fully work, but it’s trying something new, and I think that’s worth celebrating.
My ★★★ review of Alien Resurrection on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bhwQ0H
My ★★★ review of Alien Resurrection on @letterboxd.social : boxd.it/bhwQ0H
It’s hopeful. It’s messy. It’s sincere to a fault, but Superman is a bold, deeply human work. It’s a film that believes in human decency and the idea that being good for goodness’ sake is still something worth striving for. #SupermanMovie @letterboxd.social @jamesgunn.bsky.social
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A ★★★★ review of Superman (2025)
To say James Gunn has a lot riding on this film would be putting it mildly. Superman marks the fourth cinematic rendition of the Man of Steel, and the ninth film centered around the character in some ...
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July 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It’s hopeful. It’s messy. It’s sincere to a fault, but Superman is a bold, deeply human work. It’s a film that believes in human decency and the idea that being good for goodness’ sake is still something worth striving for. #SupermanMovie @letterboxd.social @jamesgunn.bsky.social
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Even if you choose not to engage with the subtext, Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 remains a prime example of what happens when a director is fully in command of his vision, open to experimentation and collaboration.
My @letterboxd.social review
My @letterboxd.social review
A ★★★★★ review of Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)
1970s Japan was a period marked by civil unrest and widespread public outrage. In the aftermath of World War II, Japan was forced to surrender under the conditions of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty. A...
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July 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Even if you choose not to engage with the subtext, Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 remains a prime example of what happens when a director is fully in command of his vision, open to experimentation and collaboration.
My @letterboxd.social review
My @letterboxd.social review
The Return is difficult, often frustrating, but devastatingly beautiful. More than anything, it’s honest.
My ★★★★★ review of Twin Peaks: The Return on @letterboxd: boxd.it/9egJYv
My ★★★★★ review of Twin Peaks: The Return on @letterboxd: boxd.it/9egJYv
A ★★★★★ review of Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
Is there any other director who has returned to a world he created nearly three decades prior and not only lived up to the expectations, but completely transcended them? I genuinely don’t think so. Tw...
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March 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Return is difficult, often frustrating, but devastatingly beautiful. More than anything, it’s honest.
My ★★★★★ review of Twin Peaks: The Return on @letterboxd: boxd.it/9egJYv
My ★★★★★ review of Twin Peaks: The Return on @letterboxd: boxd.it/9egJYv
Even in its truncated, compromised form, Fire Walk With Me is a singular work of art. It refuses to be the story audiences expected, becoming something far more profound.
My ★★★★½ review of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me on @letterboxd: boxd.it/9ag8of
My ★★★★½ review of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me on @letterboxd: boxd.it/9ag8of
A ★★★★½ review of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
A portrait of a broken woman, hounded by the sins of her past, trying to save the ones she loves by pushing them away. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is anything but an easy watch—both for its nightmar...
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March 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Even in its truncated, compromised form, Fire Walk With Me is a singular work of art. It refuses to be the story audiences expected, becoming something far more profound.
My ★★★★½ review of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me on @letterboxd: boxd.it/9ag8of
My ★★★★½ review of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me on @letterboxd: boxd.it/9ag8of
At just 90 minutes, Black Bag wastes absolutely nothing. Soderbergh’s editing is surgical, delivering a film that is all killer, no filler.
My ★★★★½ review of Black Bag on @letterboxd.social
My ★★★★½ review of Black Bag on @letterboxd.social
A ★★★★½ review of Black Bag (2025)
It is endlessly refreshing to see Michael Fassbender in a good film again, but even more so when it’s a Steven Soderbergh directed spy thriller. Black Bag marks Soderbergh’s second film of 2025 (we ar...
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March 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
At just 90 minutes, Black Bag wastes absolutely nothing. Soderbergh’s editing is surgical, delivering a film that is all killer, no filler.
My ★★★★½ review of Black Bag on @letterboxd.social
My ★★★★½ review of Black Bag on @letterboxd.social
High Plains Drifter is less about vengeance and more about inevitability—the idea that some debts can never be repaid, that some ghosts never rest, until it manifests into something otherworldly.
My ★★★★ review of High Plains Drifter on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8OTjtP
My ★★★★ review of High Plains Drifter on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8OTjtP
A ★★★★ review of High Plains Drifter (1973)
Born from hate and fueled by redemption. A reckoning rides into the town of Lago. High Plains Drifter may only be Clint Eastwood’s second directorial outing, but it packs a punch unlike any western I’...
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February 13, 2025 at 5:46 AM
High Plains Drifter is less about vengeance and more about inevitability—the idea that some debts can never be repaid, that some ghosts never rest, until it manifests into something otherworldly.
My ★★★★ review of High Plains Drifter on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8OTjtP
My ★★★★ review of High Plains Drifter on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8OTjtP
Tsukamoto does not give us the satisfaction of a hero’s journey, because in this world, heroism simply does not exist.
My ★★★★ review of Killing on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8ObUXp
My ★★★★ review of Killing on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8ObUXp
A ★★★★ review of Killing (2018)
Steel and flesh. Life and death. In Killing, Shinya Tsukamoto delivers a brutal deconstruction of the samurai genre, stripping away its romanticized notions and exposing a world where morality is lit...
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February 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Tsukamoto does not give us the satisfaction of a hero’s journey, because in this world, heroism simply does not exist.
My ★★★★ review of Killing on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8ObUXp
My ★★★★ review of Killing on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8ObUXp
Apart from certain technical aspects, the film just doesn’t leave much of an impression to remember it in about a week from now, but I’ve come to expect this from many of these b-tier Italian westerns.
My ★★ review of Texas, Adios on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8N30PT
My ★★ review of Texas, Adios on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8N30PT
A ★★ review of Texas, Adios (1966)
Released as a sequel to Sergio Corbucci’s Django in some regions, Texas, Adios is yet another standard entry in the spaghetti western genre starring the steely-eyed heartthrob Franco Nero. Oddly enoug...
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February 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Apart from certain technical aspects, the film just doesn’t leave much of an impression to remember it in about a week from now, but I’ve come to expect this from many of these b-tier Italian westerns.
My ★★ review of Texas, Adios on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8N30PT
My ★★ review of Texas, Adios on @letterboxd: boxd.it/8N30PT