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Portrait of a Lady on Fire(2019): Movie #4 for my Criterion Challenge this year. Slowly catching up. I think I had a religious experience watching this and it fundamentally changed me as a person. Oops. #filmsky #CriterionChallenge
February 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Criterion Challenge 2025 May update #filmsky #criterionchallenge #cc25
June 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Criterion Challenge 2025 Film #9: Stalker #filmsky #criterionchallenge #cc25
Film #9: I did not enjoy this. I found the lack of soundtrack replaced all the ambient noise of human movement sensorily oppressive. I also found the main characters dull and tiresome, and their pondering felt self-indulgent. The deliberately framed, long shots made it feel like the characters were wandering through a museum of wreckage, but it simply could not hold my interest.
April 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Week 3: a Richard Altman film #criterionchallenge
January 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Criterion Challenge 2025 Film #14: 12 Angry Men #filmsky #criterionchallenge #cc25
Film #14: 12 Angry Men rightfully deserves its status as one of the greatest films ever made. Don’t be fooled by the ostensible simplicity of its set; the single-room set enhances the dialogue that unravels the myriad prejudices and ambivalence that feeds into the judicial system, nearly 80 years after this film was made. Particularly interesting is that this film was released during the McCarthy era, and likely was directly addressing the fear-mongered knee-jerk reaction to anyone who sounded suspicious on the surface being a guilty party.
April 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Criterion Challenge 2025 Film #13: Notorious #filmsky #criterionchallenge #cc25
Film #13: Notorious is a unique spy film. It focuses on drama, intrigue, and suspense (classic Hitchcock) with almost no violence of any kid. One of the most fascinating plot points discusses that women should be puritanical, unless the US government needs them to sell their bodies to progress an agenda. For a 1946 film, at the height of pro-American patriotism, it is critical of the morally grey methods used in the name of American glory. This film is full of depth. Worth a watch. Have a drink with Alicia.
April 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Week 2: a film from the year you were born, Safe (1995) #criterionchallenge
January 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Criterion Challenge 2025 April progress #filmsky #criterionchallenge #cc25
May 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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#NW #NowWatching BENEDETTA (2021) dir. Paul Verhoeven #Filmsky #Moviesky #CriterionChallenge
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February 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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"Directed by Robert Altman."
Secret Honor (1984)
January 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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"On some level this feels like a kid playing with toys on the grandest of scales and that absolutely RULES!!!"

My ★★★★½ @letterboxd.social review of DESTROY ALL MONSTERS (1968) dir. Ishirō Honda
Criterion Challenge #39: Cult Movies
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A ★★★★½ review of Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Earth does not belong to humans alone. On some level this feels like a kid playing with toys on the grandest of scales and that absolutely RULES!!! And in between all the super fun playtime are some q...
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January 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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#NW #NowWatching AU REVOIR LES ENFANTS (1987) dir. Louis Malle #FilmSky #MovieSky #CriterionChallenge
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February 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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#NW #NowWatching JABBERWOCKY (1977) dir. Terry Gilliam #FilmSky #MovieSky #CriterionChallenge
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January 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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In honor of David Lynch--RIP to the GOAT...

#NW #NowWatching BLUE VELVET (1986) dir. David Lynch #Filmsky #Moviesky #CriterionChallenge
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January 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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"Watch a film that would be your first choice in the Criterion Closet."

Eager to finally start this one.
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
January 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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One of the only Cohen bros movies I haven't seen. Just Intolerable Cruelty left (*sigh*)
Good stuff. #Filmsky 📽️ #Criterionchallenge
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A ★★★★ review of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Melancholy, smart, a little pretentious and very funny. Missed this one entirely when it came out. Isaacs is great in it as  a deeply frustrating also-ran follow in 1961 in the village. I feel like th...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Watching Fast Times at Ridgemont High for the #criterionchallenge. Seeing a mall as a hopping place makes me feel so old. #filmsky 📽️🎬
March 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Carlos was really great! An unorthodox biopic of one of the first “celebrity” terrorists. Carlos the Jackal. boxd.it/aDYhMd #filmsky 📽️ #criterionchallenge
A ★★★★ review of Carlos (2010)
A compelling and unorthodox biopic about Carlos the Jackal. The first "celebrity" terrorist. Directed by the massively underrated Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep), I was somehow completely un aware of this ...
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August 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas(1998): Movie #5 for the 2025 Criterion Challenge. Never done a single non OTC or prescription drug in my entire life but I think this really gets across every possible feeling you could get from them. Love the dialogue as well. #CriterionChallenge
February 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Another one off the #CriterionChallenge

Il Gattopardo (1963) dir. Luchino Visconti
Still from The Leopard (1963); in an ornate room of a Sicilian palace, several family members and their Jesuit priest all dressed in black kneel and pray to a small shrine Still from The Leopard (1963); standing on a palazzo with palm trees and mountains in the background several figures are sparsely placed, including a large dog, as one character is saying his goodbyes to all Still from The Leopard (1963); in the midst of a ballroom waltz, a woman in white grabs the hand of a man dressed in a black suit, as other women dance with men in military garb Still from The Leopard (1963); Garibaldi’s soldiers, while carrying the Italian tricolor flag, charge up an embankment in between a gate as they besiege the city of Palermo
February 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Spent (mumbles) hours making a list of movies that fit into the most categories in the 2025 Criterion Challenge. I did it in part bc I'm thinking of starting a #CriterionChallenge watch-along & wanted to find the movies that covered the most ground. #Filmsky #Moviesky
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Criterion Challenge 2025 "Favorites"
A list of all the movies that fit into the most categories (see notes) in the 2025 Criterion Challenge. I tried to double and triple check but if there's anything I missed, please comment so the list ...
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January 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Criterion Challenge 2025 Film #5: Wild Strawberries #filmsky #criterionchallenge #cc25
Film #5: Wild Strawberries is a story of aging, loneliness, regret, generational family trauma, acceptance, and reconciliation. This was a slower-paced character study of Dr. Borg, looking back at his life and contrasting it during his present circumstances, where the present circumstance is a long car ride with intense, bright personalities. Each frame in the film feels very intentional.
February 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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#FilmSky #CriterionChallenge
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"Watch a film from the year you were born."

Been meaning to revisit and complete Wong Kar-wai's filmography for a while now, so hopefully this is the starting point for that.
Criterion Collection cover for As Tears Go By (1988)
January 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Press ▶️:
Petite Maman (2021), by Céline Sciamma

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Petite Maman (2021)
After the death of her beloved grandmother, eight-year-old Nelly meets a strangely familiar girl her own age in the woods. Instantly forming a connection with this mysterious new friend, Nelly embarks...
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May 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM