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Talk to Me (2022)
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★ 6.3 114 ratings
丹尼·菲利普 / 迈克尔·菲利普 actor: 苏菲·王尔德 / 乔·伯德 …
other title: 回应我 / 鬼手鬼手 請開口 …
Lonely teenager Mia gets hooked on the thrills of conjuring spirits through a ceramic hand, but when she is confronted by a soul claiming to be her dead mother, she unleashes a plague of supernatural forces, and struggles to decide who she can trust: the living or the dead.
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November (2017)
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★ 7.1 12 ratings
雷纳·萨尔奈特 actor: 蕾雅·莱斯特 / 乔根·里克 …
other title: 魔鬼时光 / 十一月 …
2017 film directed by Rainer Sarnet
Watched
Oct. 3, 2026
A stunning, folkloric fairytale of a film from Estonia that is equal parts heart-filling and heart-breaking. There's a fair amount of humor sprinkled throughout this sad tale of loves unrequited and lost, and who doesn't love a witch and a werewolf, plagues and the devil, ghosts and anthropomorphic farm tools?

I loved this movie and can't wait to watch it again, and soon.
All The Haunts Be Ours 2 Owned Alone Blu-Ray
Oct. 3, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of November
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Midwinter Sacrifice (1946)
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Gösta Werner actor: 甘纳尔·布耶恩施特兰德 / Henrik Schildt …
other title: Midvinterblot / Winternachtswende
A mythic depiction of a pagan sacrifice in prehistoric Sweden.
Watched
Oct. 1, 2026
Beautiful images (thanks to beautifully lit, stark black & white) make up this short about the pagan ritual of sacrificing a man to bring an end to wintertime in Sweden.

I say good luck to all involved.
Alone Owned All The Haunts Be Ours 2 Blu-Ray
Oct. 1, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Midwinter Sacrifice
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Journey Through Setomaa (1913)
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Johannes Pääsuke
other title: Retk läbi Setumaa
Estonia's first ethnographic film. Made by Johannes Pääsuke in 1913 on his expedition to Setomaa, the South-Eastern region in Estonia.
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Jack the Ripper (1976)
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赫苏斯·佛朗哥 actor: 克劳斯·金斯基 / 约瑟芬·卓别林 …
other title: 开膛手杰克 / Jack l'éventreur …
1976 film directed by Jesús Franco
Watched
Sept. 29, 2026
Kind of a long feeling 92 minutes, but the atmosphere of the streets, getting to really know and love the local establishments, and the kooky townsfolk banding together to try and discover Jack almost nearly make up for it.
Jesse Owned 4K UHD
Sept. 29, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Jack the Ripper
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There Will Be Blood (2007)
There Will Be Blood
★ 8.5 483 ratings
保罗·托马斯·安德森 actor: 丹尼尔·戴-刘易斯 / 巴里·德尔·舍曼 …
other title: 血色将至 / 黑金企业(台) …
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
Watched
Sept. 28, 2026
Been meaning to revisit this one for a while now.

Honestly pretty cool that Dillon Freasier (child HW) was like "I'll never top this" and stopped acting - he's so good here!

Danny Day and Pauly D are also pretty good here.

The whole movie...it's pretty good!

(Neat to watch this after Robert Altman's Short Cuts> (1993) and see the dedication at the end of the credits.)
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Sept. 28, 2026 Review A Review - a review of There Will Be Blood
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Short Cuts (1993)
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★ 8.2 93 ratings
罗伯特·奥特曼 actor: 安迪·麦克道威尔 / 布鲁斯·戴维森 …
other title: 银色·性·男女 / 人生交叉点 …
1993 film by Robert Altman
Watched
Sept. 28, 2026
I'd seen this only once before, a long time ago, after seeing Magnolia (1999) for the first time and thinking "Okay, I see where Paul may have taken...inspiration..." It was crazy to see how much of this I remembered and how I'd thought about some of these moments a lot over the years without realizing it.

And now, having watched so much Altman over the past 12 months, it was nice to come back to it. So much happens and so little happens at the same time, and it's just really great to be a fly on the wall (😉) to see all these characters live through 48 hours of their lives and how they all intersect and how, no matter what happens, things just keep on keeping on.

A real treat.
Alone Owned Blu-Ray
Sept. 28, 2026 Review A Review - a review of Short Cuts
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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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Swimming to Cambodia (1987)
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Jonathan Demme actor: Spalding Gray
other title: 游到柬埔寨 / 遊到柬埔寨 …
1987 film by Jonathan Demme
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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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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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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Dogtooth (2009)
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★ 7.5 225 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.
4K UHD Owned Alone
Aug. 3, 2026 Review Two Reviews - a review of Dogtooth
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Stop Making Sense (1984)
Stop Making Sense
★ 9.2 43 ratings
Jonathan Demme actor: David Byrne
other title: 别假正经 / 別假正經 …
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.
Watched
Aug. 9, 2026
Total, unbridled joy. An amazing performance that feels both big and intimate.
4K UHD Owned Wife
Aug. 10, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Stop Making Sense
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Videodrome (1983)
Videodrome
★ 7.7 170 ratings
大卫·柯南伯格 actor: 詹姆斯·伍兹 / 索尼娅·史密茨 …
other title: Experiência Alucinante / Vidéodrome …
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
Watched
July 28, 2026
A movie just bursting at the seams (metaphorically, but also kinda physically) with so many ideas about so many things - most of which aren't answered and only bring about more questions - and done so spectacularly well. Despite the leap in technology between what we have today and what's on display here, things grappled with 43 years ago (crazy!) feel just as fresh and relevant in the here and now.

And a beautiful 4K transfer from Criterion makes it just so easy to see how the screen truly is the retina of the mind's eye.
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July 28, 2026 Review "Initial" Review - a review of Videodrome
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Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic (2024)
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David Gregory actor: Suzzanna / Joko Anwar …
other title: 苏珊娜：降头女王
A documentary about Suzzanna, "the Queen of Indonesian horror" - an actress who starred in many of the country's most iconic and beloved horror pictures.
Watched
July 20, 2026
A well done doc that's 70% about Suzzanna, famed actress of many an Indonesian film (including Sundel Bolong), 15% about Indonesia proper and 15% about its film industry.

I think the 30% not about Suzzanna was actually quite informative and I really appreciate its inclusion.

And it turns out that Suzzanna had quite a life, so that was great to learn about as well.
Owned Alone All The Haunts Be Ours 2 Blu-Ray
July 20, 2026 Review Initial Review - a review of Suzzanna: The Queen of Black Magic
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White Song (2006)
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Katrina Irawati Graham
The most famous of Indonesian ghosts, the Kuntil Anak, tells the story of Raesita, the batik artist, whose heavy grief after the death of her husband draws the ghost to her. They seduce each other into a deadly dream world. Raesita's own desire for oblivion moulds perfectly to the Kuntil Anak's desire to save her from the pain of life. But it is Raesita's unborn child, and its desire to live, that the Kuntil Anak has not counted upon.