#10Films

10 movies  

Brief thoughts on the movies the screenshots were from

Charade (1963) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb WikiData
Charade
7.7 (87 ratings) director: 斯坦利·多南 actor: 加里·格兰特 / 奥黛丽·赫本
other title: 谜中谜 / 花都奇遇结良缘(港)
1963 film directed by Stanley Donen
Eric J: When I started making this list for movies I wanted to share a screen from, I had a hard time picking my first. Should it be a Hitchcock, or a musical, or something with Cary Grant or Jimmy Stewart, or maybe a Bond movie. With all of that rumbling around in my head, I kept coming back to <i>Charade</i>, which perhaps kinda encompasses..all of that! (Except for Jimmy Stewart. And Bond.)
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb KevGa-NeoDB WikiData
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
7.5 (167 ratings) director: 大卫·扎克 actor: 莱斯利·尼尔森 / 普瑞希拉·普雷斯利
other title: 白头神探 / 笑弹龙虎榜
When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Eric J: Jokes, followed by gags, followed by wordplay, followed by slapstick... It never stops being funny and it never gets old.
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) [Movie] Eggplant.place Douban IMDb Min reol TMDB WikiData Skybridge
The Royal Tenenbaums
8.0 (350 ratings) director: 韦斯·安德森 actor: 吉恩·哈克曼 / 安杰丽卡·休斯顿
other title: I Tenenbaum / Os Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
Eric J: I'm pretty much anywhere from like-to-love with most Wes Anderson movies, but <I>The Royal Tenenbaums</I> remains my favorite. To me, it contains the perfect balance of twee and pathos and meanness and heart and whimsy and love, and if I think about certain moments with a little effort ("It's been a rough year, dad."), I get emotional about it even now.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) [Movie] TMDB Douban IMDb Min reol WikiData NeoDB Test Skybridge
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
8.4 (1067 ratings) director: 米歇尔·贡德里 actor: 金·凯瑞 / 凯特·温丝莱特
other title: 暖暖内含光 / 暧暧内含光
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.
Eric J: Twenty-three year-old Eric had just gone through a break-up and went to the theatre alone to see this movie and basically wept through the whole thing.

Still an all-timer for me.
I ♥ Huckabees (2004) [Movie] Douban TMDB Eggplant.place WikiData IMDb
I Heart Huckabees
6.8 (14 ratings) director: 大卫·O·拉塞尔 actor: 詹森·舒瓦兹曼 / 伊莎贝尔·于佩尔
other title: 아이 하트 헉커비스 / ハッカビーズ
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
Eric J: Everything matters and nothing matters at the same time and that's okay. Everything is connected and that stretches out into infinity and over forever.
Anything you could ever want or be you already have and are.
How am I not myself?
The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015) [Movie] Douban TMDB Skybridge IMDb WikiData
The VVitch: A New-England Folktale
7.4 (315 ratings) director: 罗伯特·艾格斯 actor: 安雅·泰勒-乔伊 / 拉尔夫·伊内森
other title: 女巫 / 巫魍之灾(港)
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
Eric J: When my noted good friend Jesse and I made our lists of our <a href="https://letterboxd.com/youlittlejerk/list/top-10-of-the-last-decade-2010-2019/">Top 10 favorite movies of the Decade (2010-2019)</a>, I only had to figure out what 2 through 10 were, #1 was undeniably <I>The VVitch</I>.

Everything about this movie - the period-accurate clothing/sets/dialog, the acting, the score, the gloom/dread...literally everything! - is perfection to me.

If you caught me on the right day or in the right mood, there's a fantastic possibility that I might say that this is my favorite movie of all time.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) [Movie] IMDb Douban WikiData TMDB Skybridge
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
6.8 (219 ratings) director: 欧格斯·兰斯莫斯 actor: 妮可·基德曼 / 科林·法瑞尔
other title: 圣鹿之死 / 圣鹿猎杀(港)
2017 film by Yorgos Lanthimos
Eric J: This marks the end of weird early-career Yorgos, and he couldn't have ended that era of his work on a higher note - an operatic modern Greek tragedy that only he could give us.

I made my aforementioned Top 10 of the Decade list before doing a re-watch of all the movies on the list and, at that time, this came in at #7. After re-watching everything, however, this should've been #3.
Suspiria (2018) [Movie] Douban Eggplant.place IMDb TMDB WikiData
Suspiria
6.7 (229 ratings) director: 卢卡·瓜达尼诺 actor: 达科塔·约翰逊 / 蒂尔达·斯文顿
other title: 阴风阵阵 / 美版阴风阵阵
2018 film directed by Luca Guadagnino
Eric J: While the <I>Suspiria</I> remake came out in 2018, I didn't see it until 2022. Had I seen it sooner, though, it would likely have made my Top 10 of the Decade list.

I love the original <I>Suspiria</I>, but there's something about this remake that just speaks to me a little bit more. It's not quite as visually striking at all times, but it's not trying to be. If anything, it's almost like they were like "there's some crazy shit happening, but how can we make it almost seem as though it's grounded in some kind of reality?" and this is the result, and I love it for that.

Anyway, that scene where the dancer is contorted to shreds is discomforting in all the right ways.
Pearl (2022) [Movie] Douban WikiData Eggplant.place TMDB Skybridge IMDb
Pearl
7.3 (357 ratings) director: 缇·威斯特 actor: 大卫·科伦斯韦特 / 米娅·高斯
other title: 珀尔 / “X”前传电影
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations, and repressions collide.
Eric J: Immediately after watching and loving <I>X</I> (2022), my friend Jesse and I turned the evening into a surprise double-feature, rented <I>Pearl</I>, and fell in love with the Mia Goth/Ti West cinematic universe.

I love a slow burn, watching the unraveling of someone losing their grip and giving into the madness consuming them (probably part of the reason why I love <I>The VVitch</I> so much), and Mia's performance here is up there with the best of them - I said it before and I'll say it again: The last 20-or-so minutes just hit so hard, from just before the dance try-out to the last shot, a masterclass on creating empathy for the devil.
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