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• Malcolm & Marie

  Malcolm & Marie 2021

  

  Mel ★ 1

  A film about an egotistical director in a push-pull relationship who hates himself, hates his critics, hates his movies, and hates authenticity. He goes back and forth waxing poetic about…

• Synecdoche, New York

  Synecdoche, New York 2008

  

  Mel ★★★★★

  This is the third time this movie has reduced me into a slobbering mess of tears, and it’s only on this third watch that I finally understand why.

  I am…

• Desert Hearts

  Desert Hearts 1985

  

  Mel ★★★★★

  The Definitive, Comprehensive, Final, ESSENTIAL Film Canon, 23/4988

  Have you ever just, like, felt seen by a film?

• Young Hearts

  Young Hearts 2020

  

  delphine ★★

  these characters are both gay

• Brick

  Brick 2005

  

  Zachary ★★★★ 3

  It's strange to think this is Johnson's debut, because it doesn't really show in the filmmaking. I was actually quite taken with the directorial chops on display on this rewatch,…

• Music

  Music 2021

  

  Mel ½

  For the record, I pirated this.

• Rashomon

  Rashomon 1950

  

  Bill Wendel ★★★ 1

  A very watchable classic. It was odd and distracting, however, that several characters randomly punctuated lines of the dialog of nonsequiturial belly laughs.

• Totally Fucked Up

  Totally Fucked Up 1993

  

  Mel ★★★★★

  Gay Film Hall of Fame 1/16
  
  Holy shit. This is a pure stream-of-consciousness gay emotional rollercoaster. It’s the kind of gay cinema that would completely alienate a straight audience, and…