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We are not so much expected to understand Eraserhead, but accept that the film is a Lynchian journey into the struggle of being human.

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https://pca.st/h3km70q4 The Last Voyage of the Demeter has been jokingly referred to as Dracula on a Boat. Which is accurate and hilarious. It isn’t ...

Wolf Man’s major themes have to do with parents and children, specifically around ideas of communication and trauma. Blake’s dad loved him but communicated it horribly and that scarred Blake. On the ...

This is a live list where I rank the movies of 2025. If something isn’t on the list, I haven’t seen it. Leave your comments and we’ll talk. The movies within a category are in alphabetical order. I ...