Cinéologist

Cinéologist

Favorite films

  • Léolo
  • Santa Sangre
  • Brooklyn
  • Mysterious Skin

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  • Cruising

    ★★★

  • Irish Wish

    ★★½

  • The Exorcists

  • The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

    ★★★

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  • Cruising

    Cruising

    ★★★

    I’m torn about William Friedkin’s “Cruising.”

    On the one hand, I found the premise of Al Pacino going undercover to catch a killer who targets gay men to be entertaining, even exciting at times. On the other, for a character who is supposed to be so deep undercover to the point where the job eventually takes its toll on his overall well-being, our protagonist never participates in any of the so-called lurid sexual acts that surround him. The background does…

  • Irish Wish

    Irish Wish

    ★★½

    This romcom directed by Janeen Damian does not deliver anything unexpected, but there are 2 things I liked about it.

    Unlike in “Falling for Christmas,” I did not detect a whiff of sadness in Lindsay Lohan’s eyes in this film. When her character is joyful, I actually felt convinced that she is instead of me feeling a rather alarming uncanny valley between the performer and what is being portrayed.

    Second is that the main character must not only realize that…

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  • Zodiac

    Zodiac

    ★★★★½

    A deliberate sidestepping of overt action is the strategy director David Fincher employs in “Zodiac,” a true crime thriller surrounding the hunt for the Zodiac killer who terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area from 1969 to 1971. Highly intelligent, meticulous, and efficient, at times the picture embodies the texture of a documentary in the way it dares to break away from the expected plot and dramatic parabola. What matters is information, how it is presented, and what conclusions, if any,…

  • Lucky

    Lucky

    ★★

    Natasha Kermani’s “Lucky” is more interested in delivering a message than it is about creating a movie that just so happens to have a message. Specifically, its goal is to make a statement about the every day violence—overt and subtle—that women experience, whether it be at home, at work, or out in public: that the female gender, in general, tend to compartmentalize and go at it alone even when it is apparent that they are in need of help or…