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A site for cinematic obsessions and scintillating (one-sided) conversation.
"Who writes this shit?"
- Adam
- A mild-mannered writer with a penchant for movies and makeshift blogging. (And an aversion to alliteration.)
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2011
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December
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- Obscure Beauty: Black Christmas (1974)
- Obscure Beauty: The Whip and the Body (1963)
- Obscure Beauty: Twitch of the Death Nerve (1971)
- Obscure Beauty: The Perfume of the Lady in Black (...
- Obscure Beauty: Black Sunday (1960)
- Obscure Beauty: Blood and Black Lace (1964)
- Dracula Bites
- Obscure Beauty: The House With Laughing Windows (1...
- Obscure Beauty: The Blood Spattered Bride (1972)
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Top Tens (Just for Today... And Mind the Gaps)
- 2018: [1] Burning [2] Eighth Grade [3] The Favorite [4] Suspiria (2018) [5] Hereditary [6] First Reformed [7] The House That Jack Built [8] The Tale [9] Thunder Road [10] The Rider
- 2017: [I can't not] Twin Peaks [1 AND 2 TIE] Call Me By Your Name / The Florida Project [3] Lady Bird [4] Good Time [5] Raw [6] Phantom Thread [7] The Killing of a Sacred Deer [8] The Blackcoat's Daughter [9] Get Out [10] Brawl in Cell Block 99
- 2016: [1] The Lobster [2] The Witch [3] Julieta [4] Elle [5] The Neon Demon [6] The Handmaiden [7] Green Room [8] The Love Witch [9] Love & Friendship [10] Certain Women
- 2015: [1] The Duke of Burgundy [2] The Look of Silence [3] Queen of Earth [4] It Follows [5] Room [6] Inside Out [7] 45 Years [8] Carol [9] Anomalisa [10] Mad Max: Fury Road
- 2014: [1] Under the Skin [2] Boyhood [3] Nightcrawler [4] Whiplash [5] Stranger by the Lake [6] Olive Kitteridge [7] Mommy [8] Blue Ruin [9] Only Lovers Left Alive [10] Nymphomaniac
- 2013: [1] Before Midnight [2] The Act of Killing [3] 12 Years a Slave [4] Enough Said [5] Sightseers [6] Frances Ha [7] Spring Breakers [8] Upstream Color [9] Paradise: Love / Paradise: Faith / Paradise: Hope [10] Blue Jasmine / The Wolf of Wall Street
- 2012: [1] The Loneliest Planet [2] Rust and Bone [3] Starlet [4] The Queen of Versailles [5] Magic Mike [6] Sleep Tight [7] The Imposter [8] Life of Pi [9] Dark Horse [10] Holy Motors
- 2011: [1] Martha Marcy May Marlene [2] The Skin I Live In (La piel que habito) [3] Weekend [4] The Future [5] We Need to Talk About Kevin [6] Shame [7] Young Adult [8] Margaret [9] Melancholia [10] Drive
- 2010: [1] The Illusionist [2] Enter the Void [3] Fish Tank [4] Heartbeats (Les amours imaginaires) [5] Black Swan [6] Best Worst Movie / Prodigal Sons / The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia [7] Blue Valentine [8] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World [9] Dogtooth [10] Please Give
- 2009: [1] Broken Embraces (Los abrazos rotos) [2] Fantastic Mr. Fox [3] Coraline [4] The House of the Devil [5] Where the Wild Things Are [6] Inglourious Basterds [7] The White Ribbon (Das weisse Band) [8] Ponyo (Gake no ue no Ponyo) [9] Antichrist [10] Up
- 2008: [1] Vicky Cristina Barcelona [2] Wendy and Lucy [3] Martyrs [4] Eden Lake [5] Paranoid Park [6] Julia [7] Mister Lonely [8] The Wrestler [9] Let the Right One In (Lat den rätte komma in) [10] Happy-Go-Lucky
- 2007: [1] Lust, Caution (Se, jie) [2] Once [3] There Will Be Blood [4] Margot at the Wedding [5] Eastern Promises [6] Grindhouse [7] 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile) [8] Away From Her [9] 2 Days in Paris [10] I'm Not There
- 2006: [1] Volver [3] Inland Empire [3] Marie Antoinette [4] Children of Men [5] Little Children [6] Deliver Us From Evil / Jesus Camp [7] A Scanner Darkly [8] Friends with Money [9] Bubble [10] Shortbus
- 2005: [1] Brokeback Mountain [2] 2046 [3] A History of Violence [4] Me and You and Everyone We Know [5] Match Point [6] The Constant Gardener [7] Junebug [8] The Squid and the Whale [9] Caché [10] Happy Endings
- 2004: [1] Before Sunset [2] Dogville [3] Bad Education (La mala educación) [4] Sideways [5] Closer [6] Innocence [7] The Dreamers [8] Tarnation [9] I Heart Huckabees [10] Birth
- 2003: [1] Lost in Translation [2] Irréversible [3] The Triplets of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville) [4] Angels in America [5] Kill Bill, Vol. 1 [6] Elephant [7] City of God (Cidade de Deus) [8] A Mighty Wind [9] The Brown Bunny [10] The Room
- 2002: [1] Y tu Mamá También [2] Far From Heaven [3] Punch-Drunk Love [4] Talk to Her (Hable con ella) [5] Morvern Callar [6] Audition (Ôdishon) [7] The Hours [8] Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) [9] The Rules of Attraction [10] Lovely & Amazing
- 2001: [1] Mulholland Drive [2] In the Mood for Love (Fa yeung nin wa) [3] Waking Life [4] Wet Hot American Summer [5] Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) [6] In the Bedroom [7] Hedwig and the Angry Inch / Moulin Rouge [8] Bully [9] Gosford Park [10] Battle Royale
- 2000: [1] Dancer in the Dark [2] Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) [3] Requiem for a Dream [4] You Can Count On Me [5] The Virgin Suicides [6] American Psycho [7] Best in Show [8] Memento [9] Erin Brockovich / Traffic [10] Wonder Boys
- 1999: [1] Eyes Wide Shut [2] Magnolia [3] The Blair Witch Project [4] Boys Don't Cry [5] The Straight Story [6] All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) [7] Election [8] eXistenZ [9] Being John Malkovich [10] American Beauty
- 1998: [1] Buffalo ’66 [2] The Truman Show [3] Happiness [4] Ringu [5] The Idiots (Idioterne) [6] Gummo [7] Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas [8] The Opposite of Sex [9] Velvet Goldmine [10] I Stand Alone (Seul contre tous)
- 1997: [1] Boogie Nights [2] Waiting for Guffman [3] Lost Highway [4] Happy Together (Chun gwong cha sit) [5] The Ice Storm [6] Live Flesh (Carne trémula) [7] The Kingdom 2 (Riget 2) [8] Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella) [9] Deconstructing Harry [10] Jackie Brown
- 1996: [1] Breaking the Waves [2] Crash [3] Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills [4] Citizen Ruth [5] Scream [6] Walking and Talking [7] Flirting with Disaster [8] Fargo [9] Trainspotting [10] Hard Eight
- 1995: [1] Welcome to the Dollhouse [2] Before Sunrise [3] Safe [4] Kids [5] Fallen Angels (Duo luo tian shi) [6] To Die For [7] Kicking and Screaming [8] Showgirls [9] Seven [10] The Flower of My Secret (La flor de mi secreto)
- 1994: [1] Heavenly Creatures [2] Chungking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) [3] Pulp Fiction [4] Serial Mom [5] The Kingdom (Riget) [6] Eat Drink Man Woman (Yin shi nan nu) [7] Wes Craven's New Nightmare [8] Ed Wood [9] Clean, Shaven [10] Reality Bites
Club Kids
Keep your grubby hands off my stuff!
2 comments:
This is one of my favourite Bava films; and certainly one of his most beautiful. The opening titles alone are just breathtaking! Some really gorgeous stills here, Adam.
Hadn't seen it in years. Still holds up as one of the most beautiful horror films ever made. All that candy-colored carnage.
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