Kyle

Kyle. Trying to log every film I see from here on out. Sometimes I review and rate them, sometimes I don't.

Favorite films

  • Mirror
  • Taste of Cherry
  • Raging Bull
  • Y Tu Mamá También

All
  • Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto

    ★★★½

  • Nowhere

    ★★★★★

  • The Handmaiden

    ★★★★★

  • Possession

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Nowhere

1997

★★★★★ Liked Watched

My first Araki and it was an absolute blast. The production design and color palette were great and the dialogue and characters were hilarious.

The Handmaiden

2016

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

Surprise surprise, it's even better on the big screen!

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The Phoenician Scheme

2025

★★ Watched

Like all Wes Anderson films this looks great on the screen and has a great cast, but overall this didn't land for me. The story didn't grab me the way many of his others have. Of his recent work I still find Asteroid City to be better.

Nosferatu

2024

3

Of the three Nosferatus this is by far the least striking and interesting. Eggers's style of lighting just translated terribly in my opinion. The set designs were forgettable (when you could even see them), and the costume design for Nosferatu was awful. Skarsgard made no impression on the character compared to Kinski (monster that he was) or Schreck. Lily Rose Depp's performance was not up to the task that the writing asked of her, and Hoult was forgettable. Dafoe was…