A ★★★★ review of Two People Exchanging Saliva (2024) Ah the French. Bless them, because this is a sad, brutal gem of a movie where a bruise is a sign of wealth, that you have enough slap credits built up to pay for anything. Beautifully filmed and just ...

#63: Two People Exchanging Saliva (2025) - Thank you the French for being the French.

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★ review of Two People Exchanging Saliva (2024) Ah the French. Bless them, because this is a sad, brutal gem of a movie where a bruise is a sign of wealth, that you have enough slap credits built up to pay for anything. Beautifully filmed and just ...

#63: Two People Exchanging Saliva (2025) - Thank you the French for being the French.

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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Michael Hough, ALEC rep and jerk.

#62: 13th (2016) - Look at this fucker Michael Hough. You’ll want to punch him 20 times during this movie.

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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Michael Hough, representative for ALEC in the movie 13th.

#62: 13th (2016) - Look at this fucker Michael Hough. You’ll want to punch him 20 times during this movie.

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★ review of Little Miss Sunshine (2006) So half of this movie is a really smart family drama about trying to deal with trauma. The problem is...the other half is schmaltzy shit about trying to get to the horror predatation that is a pageant...

#59: Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Gets an extra star just for Abigail Breslin comforting Paul Dano. The scene rules.

★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★ review of Little Miss Sunshine (2006) So half of this movie is a really smart family drama about trying to deal with trauma. The problem is...the other half is schmaltzy shit about trying to get to the horror predatation that is a pageant...

#59: Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Gets an extra star just for Abigail Breslin comforting Paul Dano. The scene rules.

★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of Secrets & Lies (1996) Good lord, what a perfect movie. Smart and heartfelt and beautiful and sad, just a great showcase for everyone involved. Absolutely heartbreaking at points but never wallowing in misery.

#53: Secrets & Lies (1996) - Absolutely perfect, but I’ll highlight that Marianne Jean Baptiste and Lesley Manville scene, which is so sympathetic.

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of Secrets & Lies (1996) Good lord, what a perfect movie. Smart and heartfelt and beautiful and sad, just a great showcase for everyone involved. Absolutely heartbreaking at points but never wallowing in misery.

#53: Secrets & Lies (1996) - Absolutely perfect, but I’ll highlight that Marianne Jean Baptiste and Lesley Manville scene, which is so sympathetic.

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of Cria! (1976) Hooooo boy, this gave me serious PAN'S LABYRINTH feels, and that's not coincidental what with then and where it's set. Just something you really need to sit down and absorb this tale of a family livin...

#38: Cría Cuervos (1976) - A sad an effective tale of living through the last days of Franco. Doesn’t feel familiar at all, eh?

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of Cria! (1976) Hooooo boy, this gave me serious PAN'S LABYRINTH feels, and that's not coincidental what with then and where it's set. Just something you really need to sit down and absorb this tale of a family livin...

#38: Cría Cuervos (1976) - A sad an effective tale of living through the last days of Franco. Doesn’t feel familiar at all, eh?

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of Andrei Rublev (1966) Wellllll great. A movie I want to somehow criticize because I'm that jerk, but damn it, this movie is a freaking masterpiece of semi-biography that's also about a very particular time in Russian histo...

#34: Andrei Rublev (1966) - OK, well, that’s how you do an artist biopic.

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of Andrei Rublev (1966) Wellllll great. A movie I want to somehow criticize because I'm that jerk, but damn it, this movie is a freaking masterpiece of semi-biography that's also about a very particular time in Russian histo...

#34: Andrei Rublev (1966) - OK, well, that’s how you do an artist biopic.

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of A Man Escaped (1956) A man is sent to prison during the German occupation of France. His crime is unclear but probably from being in the Resistance. But what is clear is his determination to escape and his willingness to ...

#15: A Man Escaped (1956) - Sometimes, a prison break movie just needs to be perfectly about the escape.

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of A Man Escaped (1956) A man is sent to prison during the German occupation of France. His crime is unclear but probably from being in the Resistance. But what is clear is his determination to escape and his willingness to ...

#15: A Man Escaped (1956) - Sometimes, a prison break movie just needs to be perfectly about the escape.

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★ review of My Darling Clementine (1946) Is it a model for throwing the actual history out the window in favor of a good story? Absolutely! But man, Ford isn't interested in making a history story here, going for his infamous legend right fr...

#7: My Darling Clementine (1946) - Justice for Linda Darnell and Cathy Downs!

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★ review of My Darling Clementine (1946) Is it a model for throwing the actual history out the window in favor of a good story? Absolutely! But man, Ford isn't interested in making a history story here, going for his infamous legend right fr...

#7: My Darling Clementine (1946) - Justice for Linda Darnell and Cathy Downs!

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★ review of The Only Son (1936) Early Ozu, one of his first sound works and while not at the level of a Tokyo Story (or heck, Good Morning), I loved this a lot. A tender story of a single mother who raises her son and sacrifices for...

#3: The Only Son (一人息子, Hitori musuko, 1936 ) - Early Ozu but still sad and lovely.

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★ review of The Only Son (1936) Early Ozu, one of his first sound works and while not at the level of a Tokyo Story (or heck, Good Morning), I loved this a lot. A tender story of a single mother who raises her son and sacrifices for...

#3: The Only Son (一人息子, Hitori musuko, 1936 ) - Early Ozu but still sad and lovely.

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★ review of Faust (1926) Lordy, Faust is easy to manipulate. Show him a flash of ankle and some minor success and yep, lemme sign that contract right quick! But wow, is this a beautiful movie that's a master of filmcraft and ...

#1: Faust (1926) - God cheats at the end! Mephisto was hosed!

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★ review of Faust (1926) Lordy, Faust is easy to manipulate. Show him a flash of ankle and some minor success and yep, lemme sign that contract right quick! But wow, is this a beautiful movie that's a master of filmcraft and ...

#1: Faust (1926) - God cheats at the end! Mephisto was hosed!

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★ review of BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism (1995) A pretty solid documentary about the state lesbian leather S&M at the time and the arguments to make people understand it's not some kind of sick thing,

#285: BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism (1995) - Pretty solid documentary about S&M of the time.

★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★ review of BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism (1995) A pretty solid documentary about the state lesbian leather S&M at the time and the arguments to make people understand it's not some kind of sick thing,

#285: BloodSisters: Leather, Dykes, and Sadomasochism (1995) - Pretty solid documentary about S&M of the time.

★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of Buddies (1985) Bless the Decades Project for getting me to watch something this amazing. A story of two gay men, one dying of AIDS in 1985 and the other volunteering to be his companion while they are suffering a pl...

#282: Buddies (1985) - Why yes, this wrecked me.

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of Buddies (1985) Bless the Decades Project for getting me to watch something this amazing. A story of two gay men, one dying of AIDS in 1985 and the other volunteering to be his companion while they are suffering a pl...

#282: Buddies (1985) - Why yes, this wrecked me.

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of Sholay (1975) Action! Excitement! More crazy action! It's no wonder this is well regarded in film circles, a wild ride of a tale of two crooks hired by a police inspector to go after a bandit because he thinks ther...

#277: Sholay (1975) - My god is this a blast of fun.

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★★ review of Sholay (1975) Action! Excitement! More crazy action! It's no wonder this is well regarded in film circles, a wild ride of a tale of two crooks hired by a police inspector to go after a bandit because he thinks ther...

#277: Sholay (1975) - My god is this a blast of fun.

★★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★ review of Pierrot le Fou (1965) OK, being realistic, a lot of Godard bounces off me. I'm mid on Breathless, for instance. Alphaville is science fiction made by someone who doesn't seem like he understands science fiction. But for so...

#260: Pierrot le fou (1965) - So weird and colorful and entertaining, even as the bodies hit the floor

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★ review of Pierrot le Fou (1965) OK, being realistic, a lot of Godard bounces off me. I'm mid on Breathless, for instance. Alphaville is science fiction made by someone who doesn't seem like he understands science fiction. But for so...

#260: Pierrot le fou (1965) - So weird and colorful and entertaining, even as the bodies hit the floor.

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★ review of Forever a Woman (1955) Sad but never mawkish, this tale of a woman suffering a divorce and the breakup of her family and a double mastectomy should be dreary but it's also still full of sad hope that doesn't always get real...

#257: The Eternal Breasts (1955) - Heartfelt and touching but never mawkish.

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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A ★★★★ review of Forever a Woman (1955) Sad but never mawkish, this tale of a woman suffering a divorce and the breakup of her family and a double mastectomy should be dreary but it's also still full of sad hope that doesn't always get real...

#257: The Eternal Breasts (1955) - Heartfelt and touching but never mawkish.

★★★★ / ★★★★★

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