Stroking an Animal is only 70 minutes long. And it fills those 70 minutes with two things: attempts at artsy cinematography (to varying levels of success) and sexy young people doing sexy things like having sex. Where’s the story? Where’s the character? Not in Stroking an Animal, that’s for sure. 2.4/10
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What I’m looking for in my art is a reflection of the human condition. Instead of doing that, Sévigné is more of an artistic medium reflecting another artistic medium. 4.3/10
The Great Swindle gets high marks for style. But as a film about cons and deceptions, it needs much more substance in addition to its style. 5.3/10
I didn’t like the original 1974 version of Vampyres. But as it so often goes, the remake is worse.
80 Days is such a sweet movie. The two lead characters are so charming to watch together. I could’ve easily watched 800 days of them. 8.1/10
Being an above average Jess Franco film still means this is still a bad film by any other metric. 3.1/10
For decades, Beyond the Walls would have been the best lesbian nun movie about a woman who fakes a stigmata. But Benedetta blows it out of the water. 5.6/10
Anchor and Hope is one of at least a half dozen very similar themed movies I’ve seen. And within that collection of films, it’s a middling entry. 5.4/10
Parallel Mothers is just the latest in a long line of great-looking Almodovar films with complex relationships that celebrate women and queerness. 8.9/10
This movie has already aged badly. And even without the offensive or dated aspects, it’s still a lacklustre comedy. 3.3/10