The original UNCUT GEMS for moms: THE RECKLESS MOMENT

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May
THE ILE-AUX-COUDRES TRILOGY
DUST IN THE WIND
7TH HEAVEN (Borzage)
DRUGSTORE COWBOY
THE LONG FAREWELL
BAD LIEUTENANT (Herzog)
WHAT'S UP, DOC?
HOUSE OF BAMBOO
LIBELED LADY
THE MYSTERY OF OBERWALD
NICKELODEON

Put two cinephiles in a room and you'll get three pronunciations of "Frank Borzage"

Now that NEW YORK, NEW YORK and ONE FROM THE HEART have been successfully reclaimed, AT LONG LAST LOVE is the next logical step.

LA theaters, how dare you make me choose between BEAU TRAVAIL with Claire Denis in person or CLUELESS with Amy Heckerling in person

I just found out that Angelo Badalamenti did the music for CHRISTMAS VACATION and have decided that this merits close examination

January
DODSWORTH
TIH MINH
FREEZE DIE COME TO LIFE
HARD TRUTHS
MAINE-OCEAN EXPRESS
IT'S NOT ME
PRINCESS YANG KWEI FEI
A GENTLE WOMAN
THE NEON DEMON
QUEER
GUMMO
NOSFERATU (2024)
SATURDAY NIGHT

LADY BIRD + THE WICKER MAN = JANET PLANET?

I've gotten past "the problem with JUROR #2 is that it doesn't feel compellingly real" and have moved on to "the problem with JUROR #2 is that it doesn't feel compellingly unreal"

November
THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
THE AMERICAN FRIEND
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
ESTHER KAHN
THE CHASE
PITFALL
INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL
ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW
ADIEU PHILIPPINE
THE BURMESE HARP
TWO WOMEN
COMFORT AND JOY
OASIS
TRAP
EMILIA PEREZ
INSIDE OUT 2
DAHOMEY

If we need a Barbenheimer/Glicked name for when NOSFERATU and A COMPLETE UNKNOWN open on the same day, I humbly submit Subterranean Homesick Blood.

I know that Francis Ford Coppola's TWIXT is a blend of several fantastical ideas, but honestly, the one that's sticking with me is that a haunted, out-of-the-way small town forgotten by time has an In-N-Out Burger