Steven

Favorite films

  • Throne of Blood
  • The Dark Knight
  • Oldboy
  • In the Mood for Love

All
  • Run Lola Run

    ★★★★★

  • The French Connection

    ★★★½

  • The Brutalist

    ★★½

  • Mainstream

    ½

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Run Lola Run

1998

★★★★★ Watched

If someone wants to know what you mean when you describe a movie or scene as "kinetic" needs only to watch Run Lola Run. This was an absolute thrill ride

The French Connection

1971

★★★½ Watched

I can see the influence this has had on many of the filmmakers I love but this movie feels like a relic to be examined and appreciated rather than actually enjoyed. Minus the car shase, that was exhilarating

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Challengers

2024

★★★★ Liked Watched

Challengers manages to blend an erotic drama with a sports movie so seamlessly that it almost feels like a new genre.

The music, the editing, the performances, the camera work, etc. it all has a pulse that doesn't let up until the last frame

Dune: Part Two

2024

★★★★½ Liked Watched

A monumental achievement in scale, scope, and vision. Everyone both in front of and behind the camera seem to be operating on all cylinders making this much more than the sum of its parts.

Denis Villeneuve did for Dune what Peter Jackson did for Lord of the Rings.

An absolute knockout for sci-fi fans.