Alone
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Dibbuk (2019)
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Dayan D. Oualid actor: Ben Aboulker / Marc Allal …
Dan, un homme pieux qui évolue en marge de sa communauté, la communauté juive du XIXe arrondissement de Paris, est convoqué par Sarah pour ausculter son mari Eli, visiblement pas dans son état normal. Dan réunit alors un minian, un office de dix personnes de confession israélite, afin de performer un exorcisme selon un rite précis et éreintant.
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OK Computer
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Radiohead genre: 另類音樂
release date 1997-05-21 publisher: EMI
前兩張作品為 Radiohead 打開了市場並獲得廣泛關注，《OK Computer》則真正宣告 Radiohead 成為了 90 年代最具代表性的偉大樂團之一。與前作《The Bends》以吉他為主、抒情自省的風格不同，《OK Computer》抽象而模糊、密集而獨特的聲音成為樂團新的標籤，也為後續實驗性作品奠定基調。專輯發行後即如風暴般迅速攻占各大排行榜，並贏得第 40 屆葛萊美「最佳另類音樂專輯」獎，《OK Computer》脫去了傳統搖滾的外衣，重新審視著英倫搖滾，Thom Yorke 的嗓音從溫暖細膩的假聲轉變成歇斯底里的釋放，更為複雜的歌曲結構則加入了電子元素襯托，在極度迷幻的氛圍下仍然能嗅出搖滾的痕跡。從開篇〈Airbag〉中的 riff 與電子聲效交錯，到終曲〈The Tourist〉Thom Yorke 想要放慢腳步的懇求，每一首歌都是專輯精神的講述，如同腦海中交錯出現的關於生死、科技與社會不可避免的矛盾對話；〈Fitter Happier〉更是為專輯概念點睛，歌曲中機械化的語音播報，道出電腦時代下人類看似差不多的生活方式，冰冷生硬的聲音中帶著諷刺意味。《OK Computer》不僅是 Radiohead 的靈魂所在，也是他們對於時代的反思，更是搖滾史上無可磨滅的經典。
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Secret Honor (1984)
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★ 7.2 6 ratings
罗伯特·奥特曼 actor: 菲利普·贝克·霍尔
other title: 秘密的荣誉 / Secret Honor - Die geheime Ehre des Präsidenten …
In his New Jersey study, Richard Nixon retraces the missteps of his political career, attempting to absolve himself of responsibility for Watergate and lambasting President Gerald Ford's decision to pardon him. His monologue explores his personal life and describes his upbringing and his mother. A tape recorder, a gun and whiskey are his only companions during his entire monologue, which is tinged with the vitriol and paranoia that puzzled the public during his presidency.
Watched
Sept. 18, 2026
Paranoid mama's boy Richard Nixon reckons with his life as a pawn.

This was actually an inadvertently neat companion piece to Swimming to Cambodia (1987); both one-man shows that are nearly in conversation with each other.

In Swimming, Spalding Gray (as himself) describes his time spent in Cambodia filming a fictional portrayal of a real-life event.

In Honor, Philip Baker Hall gives a stunning performance as Nixon in a fictional moment of his life (that I guess could've happened) that deals in part with the real-life events discussed in Swimming.

(It's also just wild that all of Robert Altman's signature moves work just as well here with one man as they do in a story with, like, 32 people talking all at once.)
Alone Criterion Channel
Sept. 18, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Secret Honor
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Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
Swimming to Cambodia
Jonathan Demme actor: Spalding Gray
other title: 游到柬埔寨 / 遊到柬埔寨 …
Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.
Watched
Sept. 16, 2026
For 85 minutes, Spalding Gray fleeces a yarn about his time spent filming The Killing Fields (1984) in Cambodia and gives a brief history lesson about the area as well. And for 85 minutes, I'm enthralled.

Jonathan Demme directs this with as much love and care as he did Stop Making Sense a few years earlier, even though this is simply Spalding sitting at a desk on a stage.

Glad to own it!
Alone Owned Blu-Ray
Sept. 16, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Swimming to Cambodia
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Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis
★ 9.0 509 ratings
弗里茨·朗 actor: The Lewis Stone of German Pictures / 古斯塔夫·佛力施 …
other title: 大都会 / 科学世界 …
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
Watched
Sept. 13, 2026
What's left to be said about a 99 year-old movie this storied and revered?

Stunning, riveting, masterful.

And the acting is incredibly well done! Expressive and emotive without feeling overly performative. Some really great choreography I wasn't expecting or prepared for, too.

(Watched the 148 minute 2010 complete restoration)
Kanopy Alone
Sept. 13, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Metropolis
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Coyote vs ACME (2026)
Coyote vs ACME
★ 7.5 30 ratings
Dave Green actor: Will Forte / Lana Condor …
other title: 코요테 vs. 애크미 / Coyote vs. Acme …
After Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation.
Watched
Sept. 12, 2026
This is a delightful movie and everyone should go see it in the theatres to have an enjoyable time and send a message to a bunch of suits (who probably don't care) by supporting the arts.

(I started writing a long thing about how when I was a kid I wanted to be a cartoonist and how much I love Wile E. Coyote and then I got stuck between "none of this matters" and "who gives a shit" so I deleted it all.)
Alone American Multi-Cinema List
Sept. 12, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Coyote vs ACME
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Demon (2015)
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★ 6.5 6 ratings
马辛·弗罗纳 actor: 卡翠娜·赫尔曼 / 伊泰·提伦 …
other title: 邪魔 / 新郎着了魔(港) …
2015 film by Marcin Wrona
Watched
Sept. 3, 2026
Sometimes the real horror is the collective generational trauma of a group of people, but it's also probably mostly being possessed by the spirit of the dead bride you just found on your newly inherited property just before getting married on its grounds.

A really great movie I look forward to having many rewatches with.
All The Haunts Be Ours 2 Owned Blu-Ray Alone
Sept. 3, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Demon
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Tony (2026)
Tony
★ 5.7 9 ratings
Matt Johnson actor: Dominic Sessa / Antonio Banderas
other title: 토니 / 安东尼·波登 …
An Anthony Bourdain biopic that takes place during the summer of 1976, when a young Bourdain has a life-changing summer in Provincetown
Watched
Aug. 27, 2026
Tony is a nice little finely told fictionalized early-years biopic that is really quite good for most of its runtime, and then ends in a bit of rushed-feeling "wrap it up!" fashion.

It's well shot and well acted and overall well done, but I guess I wanted more from it, whatever that might've entailed.
Alone American Multi-Cinema List
Aug. 27, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Tony
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The Ninth Heart (1979)
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尤拉伊·赫兹 actor: 奥德·帕夫尔卡 / Anna Malová …
other title: 第九心脏 / Deváté srdce …
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana, who is stricken with a strange illness. Unknown to Martin or anyone else, the princess is actually under the spell of the powerful magician Andlobrandini, who is preparing a rejuvenating elixir made from the blood of nine men's hearts.
Watched
Aug. 18, 2026
The beauty of this film is that it looks and feels like a child dreaming up a fairy tale and then explaining it to an adult. It's a very lush word and I mostly enjoyed it.

The biggest issue for me might be that, not unlike the first time I watched Born of Fire (1987), I was actually pretty tired and fairly comfy and the movie is a little slower and so I could feel myself dozing off to a dreamland of my own.

A rewatch in a more awakened state is in order.
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Aug. 19, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of The Ninth Heart
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Night Moves (2013)
Night Moves
★ 6.4 25 ratings
凯莉·莱卡特 actor: 杰西·艾森伯格 / 达科塔·范宁 …
other title: 어둠 속에서 / ナイト・スリーパーズ ダム爆破計画 …
The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric dam.
Watched
Aug. 6, 2026
I'm working through the Kelly Reichardt filmography. I didn't really pay attention to who was in this but where I watched it had a different image and I saw that there's a brooding Jesse Eisenberg; and I think, no, wait...yes, there's Dakota Fanning; and then a Reichardt staple John Magaro, of course. Great actor.

Thirty minutes in, I'm waiting for John Magaro to show up. An hour goes by, and I find it interesting that Peter Sarsgaard has near equal screen time as Jesse and Dakota, but there's still no Magaro; maybe John is pivotal in the back half.

The movie ends, and I'm like "Well where the hell was John Magaro?" and I look it up, and he's not in it. The guy that I think is Magaro in the image is Sarsgaard. I'm an idiot.

Anyway, it seems that even lesser Reichardts (in my estimation) are still solid and really good. Like Meek's Cutoff (2010), we're plopped into the thick of things and it's pretty tense from beginning to end. I wasn't as moved as just about all the other Reichardt's I've seen so far (maybe waiting for Magaro to show up plays into that), but two hours well spent nonetheless.
The Innernette Alone
Aug. 6, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Night Moves
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Dogtooth (2009)
Κυνόδοντας
★ 7.5 226 ratings
欧格斯·兰斯莫斯 actor: 赫里斯托斯·斯泰尔伊约格卢 / 米歇尔·瓦利 …
other title: 狗牙 / Κυνόδοντας …
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his disobedience, the uber-controlling parents terrorize their offspring into submission.
Watched
Aug. 3, 2026
Half-star bump up on rewatch.

I forgot how entirely messed up this is.
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Aug. 3, 2026 Review Two Reviews - a review of Dogtooth