I write a review of every film I watch for the first time. No ratings, as I find them reductive.
Losing Ground (1982)
Rocky marriage, film with jagged edges. … Continue reading Losing Ground (1982)
Forty Guns (1957)
Big on sensation, scant on story… Continue reading Forty Guns (1957)
This Gun For Hire (1942)
A noir not totally by the numbers… Continue reading This Gun For Hire (1942)
Aftersun (2022)
The sins of our fathers… Continue reading Aftersun (2022)
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Funny, even if it does feature the worst fear of any man over 30… Continue reading The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Tár (2022)
Well-orchestrated, even as the musicians go rogue.… Continue reading Tár (2022)
Cop Land (1997)
They made a movie out of a Bruce Springsteen song… Continue reading Cop Land (1997)
Blonde (2022)
Woe is Marilyn. Woe is us. … Continue reading Blonde (2022)
Decision To Leave (2022)
Uneasy precipice, devastating plummet… Continue reading Decision To Leave (2022)
Halloween Ends (2022)
Trying to get the last word with a mute killer… Continue reading Halloween Ends (2022)
Deep Cover (1992)
Justice reform, but make it extra… Continue reading Deep Cover (1992)
X (2022)
Homage for better and worse… Continue reading X (2022)
Hellraiser (1987)
Sex for pleasure? Straight to hell. … Continue reading Hellraiser (1987)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
1964 is 1988 is 2022… Continue reading Mississippi Burning (1988)
Funny Pages (2022)
Crass and brash… Continue reading Funny Pages (2022)
Legally Blonde (2001)
The Barbie Manifesto… Continue reading Legally Blonde (2001)
Fire of Love (2022)
Otherworldly and overwhelming… Continue reading Fire of Love (2022)
In The Line of Fire (1993)
Old man cinematic virtues… Continue reading In The Line of Fire (1993)
Cure (1997)
Kurosawa, master of the morass… Continue reading Cure (1997)
Men (2022)
Misogyny has many faces… Continue reading Men (2022)
Desert Fury (1947)
Not quite furious, just a little curious… Continue reading Desert Fury (1947)
The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
A dark alley alive with a pretty song… Continue reading The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
Fat City (1972)
A boxer’s punch-drunk embrace… Continue reading Fat City (1972)
La Piscine (1969)
In the heat of the moment… Continue reading La Piscine (1969)
The Longest Day (1962)
An epic in every sense of the word… Continue reading The Longest Day (1962)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
What legends are made of… Continue reading Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Body Heat (1981)
Like watching a now-extinct jaguar in its prime. A sexy, seductive jaguar.… Continue reading Body Heat (1981)
Crimes of the Future (2022)
A Cronenberg deep cut… Continue reading Crimes of the Future (2022)
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Sins of the flesh are sown in the mind… Continue reading Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
Memoria (2021)
Weerasethakul: spiritual explorer, juvenile prankster… Continue reading Memoria (2021)
Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
A little bit of everything if not everything for everyone… Continue reading Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
Last Night At The Alamo (1983)
Rootin’ Tootin’ Texas… Continue reading Last Night At The Alamo (1983)
Homicide (1991)
A murder story with a million victims.… Continue reading Homicide (1991)
Flee (2021)
Un-erasure… Continue reading Flee (2021)
The Worst Person In The World (2021)
I am/you/we are in this and I/you/we don’t like it… Continue reading The Worst Person In The World (2021)
Coming To America (1988)
The first big screen adaptation of Black Panther.
… Continue reading Coming To America (1988)
Drive My Car (2021)
Life in second gear… Continue reading Drive My Car (2021)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
Run, don’t walk, to see Licorice Pizza… Continue reading Licorice Pizza (2021)
Belfast (2021)
You can take the boy of out Belfast…… Continue reading Belfast (2021)
Jackass Forever (2022)
What good comes from five gallons of pig cum?… Continue reading Jackass Forever (2022)
Red Rocket (2021)
The unwitting confessions of a Pornhub Playboy… Continue reading Red Rocket (2021)
Benedetta (2021)
Salacious! Scandalous!… Continue reading Benedetta (2021)
The Card Counter (2021)
Heart of an anvil, body of a breeze… Continue reading The Card Counter (2021)
Smooth Talk (1985)
Sticky fumblings in the back seat… Continue reading Smooth Talk (1985)
The Hit (1984)
Teen spirit, old man spiritualism, and the hard life of crime… Continue reading The Hit (1984)
Father (1988)
The father as an familial fuckboy… Continue reading Father (1988)
Terror In A Texas Town (1958)
Sterling Hayden with a dubious Swedish accent, stolid Swedish values… Continue reading Terror In A Texas Town (1958)
Another Round (2020)
Don’t you wish you could put that in glass and drink it?… Continue reading Another Round (2020)
C’mon C’mon (2021)
About a boy… Continue reading C’mon C’mon (2021)
The Driller Killer (1979)
Drill, baby, drill… Continue reading The Driller Killer (1979)
The Power of the Dog (2021)
Bedeviled are the meek… Continue reading The Power of the Dog (2021)
The Limey (1999)
What’s cockney slang for slick?… Continue reading The Limey (1999)
Not As A Stranger (1955)
A doctor with an unhealthy obsession… Continue reading Not As A Stranger (1955)
Spencer (2021)
Goodbye, England’s Rose… Continue reading Spencer (2021)
Minari (2020)
A family tree grows in Arkansas… Continue reading Minari (2020)
Last Night In Soho (2021)
The cutthroat dreams of the big city… Continue reading Last Night In Soho (2021)
The French Dispatch (2021)
Print the legend… Continue reading The French Dispatch (2021)
Dune (2021)
Welcome to a real cinematic universe… Continue reading Dune (2021)
Change of Life (1966)
Hard times in the city, in a hard time by the sea… Continue reading Change of Life (1966)
Klute (1971)
Beware the bourgeoisie… Continue reading Klute (1971)
No Time To Die (2021)
Do you believe in life after love? … Continue reading No Time To Die (2021)
Titane (2021)
Cinematic wheels of steel… Continue reading Titane (2021)
The Green Ray (1986)
Can travel plans and self-love be found during one sad summer?… Continue reading The Green Ray (1986)
It: Chapter Two (2019)
An after school special starring an old, underappreciated clown… Continue reading It: Chapter Two (2019)
Point Blank (1967)
Cold as a razor, hot like like a dream… Continue reading Point Blank (1967)
Seven Men From Now (1956)
A western with a love triangle and Lee Marvin as a lip-licking trickster… Continue reading Seven Men From Now (1956)
Beau Travail (1999)
Cruel boys under a cruel sun… Continue reading Beau Travail (1999)
The Green Knight (2021)
A sensuous, not sensational, knight’s tale… Continue reading The Green Knight (2021)
Annette (2021)
The musical is dead, long live the musical… Continue reading Annette (2021)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
One of those long nights of the soul… Continue reading The Night of the Iguana (1964)
Pig (2021)
It’s an oinker… Continue reading Pig (2021)
The Revengers (1972)
Revenge is a dish best shared… Continue reading The Revengers (1972)
House (1977)
A fever dream of a late-night movie… Continue reading House (1977)
Zola (2020)
Cinematic pole dancing: short and seductive right up until the song ends… Continue reading Zola (2020)
Death Will Come And Shall Have Your Eyes (2019)
Love at the end of everything… Continue reading Death Will Come And Shall Have Your Eyes (2019)
The X Files: I Want To Believe (2008)
The X Files Meets Nordic Noir… Continue reading The X Files: I Want To Believe (2008)
Girlfriends (1978)
A sorority for those restless of heart… Continue reading Girlfriends (1978)
Taipei Story (1985)
Melancholy urbanism… Continue reading Taipei Story (1985)
Hereditary (2018)
Aster’s dollhouse of horrors… Continue reading Hereditary (2018)
The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971)
Glorious aesthetics, gore-less giallo… Continue reading The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971)
The Shipping News (2001)
I don’t pity the fool… Continue reading The Shipping News (2001)
The X-Files (1998)
The truth is elsewhere… Continue reading The X-Files (1998)
The Parallax View (1974)
Misadventures in investigative reporting… Continue reading The Parallax View (1974)
Nomadland (2020)
Chloé Zhao’s poetic take on gig economy life… Continue reading Nomadland (2020)
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
A barbaric melodrama for fans of emotional sadism… Continue reading The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
The Mirror (1975)
The strange texture of dying people’s dreams… Continue reading The Mirror (1975)
Withnail & I (1987)
Feels like crying in the pale morning after a decade-long bender… Continue reading Withnail & I (1987)
Shirley (2020)
Power in creation… Continue reading Shirley (2020)
Sun Don’t Shine (2012)
Take a ride with the doll-eyed girl and the most regretful boy in the world… Continue reading Sun Don’t Shine (2012)
Hustlers (2019)
Some night time fun can’t stand the light of day… Continue reading Hustlers (2019)
Happy People (2010)
Craftsmanship at the edge of civilization… Continue reading Happy People (2010)
Knives Out (2019)
Every bit as camp and colourful as you want murder to be… Continue reading Knives Out (2019)
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Christmas with your work family… Continue reading The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Honey Boy (2019)
A 12-year old becomes his father’s keeper… Continue reading Honey Boy (2019)
Salesman (1969)
The truth of how to be sold on a lie… Continue reading Salesman (1969)
Vampyr (1932)
Some people live forever for a reason… Continue reading Vampyr (1932)
Paths of Glory (1957)
The Wire meets World War 1… Continue reading Paths of Glory (1957)
The Lost Boys (1987)
For those who want everything at once, and lots of it… Continue reading The Lost Boys (1987)
Sunflower (1970)
You die twice, in life and in love… Continue reading Sunflower (1970)
Mikkel Frederiksen 