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Raising Arizona

1987

Rewatched 27 Jan 2022

Last night my kid and I watched "Raising Arizona". It may be the movie I have most watched in my life now that I think about it. We had already watched "No Country For Old Men" together this past summer.
When I first saw "No Country" I immediately connected it to "Arizona" because of the way that they both end with dreams. This only hit harder on this viewing.

The other thing is that the motorcycle guy seems to be…

Taxi Driver

1976

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Taxi Driver: Scapegoating of The Other

"Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There’s no escape. I’m God’s lonely man."

The mid-1970s found the United States in a state of confusion. The standard narrative is that the ‘50s and ‘60s had seen hopes rise through increased economic stability, the Civil Rights Movement, hippie idealism, psychedelic experimentation, feminism, free love, and a radical transformation of popular music. The ‘60s famously ended with horror:…

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Lee Cronin's The Mummy

2026

Watched 12 Jul 2026

It’s hard for me to understand what motivates a person to go through all of the unbelievable work that it takes to make a movie….and that’s what you choose to make.

This is everything that I hate about horror. Way too serious, mean-spirited, unintelligent, too long, zero sense of humor, no humanism whatsoever.

Valentino

1977

Watched 22 Jun 2026

This is a pretty miserable, overdone film experience (I'm generally a fan of Ken Russell - not in this case). Apparently it was his least favorite of his own movies. Still plenty of style of course. The one thing that I thought worked well were the scenes with Seymour Cassel.

Honestly though, it was hard to make it all the way through this obnoxious film. Is this an homage to that era of filmmaking or an absolute rejection and hatred of it? Thumbs most definitely down.

There is something anti-human and anti-compassion about this movie. Just full on cruelty and spectacle.

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The Apostle

1997

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"The Apostle" is a movie for (just about) no one. Religious people in America are used to "faith-based" stories that only reinforce the prior held Evangelical Christianity. All of those movies are about people, usually men, who realize that they need to become church goers and "give their lives to Jesus". Those films usually involve them needing to become better fathers and husbands as well. Faith-based stories serve the purpose of conformity to mainstream Christianity as opposed to challenging one's…

WHAT DID JACK DO?

2017

Watched 20 Jan 2020

So, so, so glad to get anything new from Lynch. Love the whole ending. Also, I grieve the loss of celluloid and the rise of digital but Lynch seems to be using the new medium to his advantage. I still think "Fire Walk With Me" and "Wild at Heart" are amongst the most beautiful cinematography that I have seen. With "Twin Peaks: The Return" and this short we can see Lynch creating whole new possibilities with the cheapness of digital photography and effects. He always seems to know how to get the most out of whatever his tools are.