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"Nic Roeg’s disturbing portrait of a creep (played almost too well by Art Garfunkel) investigates the desire that some men have for their women to just shut up and be their playthings. Mike Leigh’s Naked is one of the darkest, saddest, most hopeless depictions of corrupted masculinity in movies. David Thewlis manages to allow for slivers of humanity in his enraged wreck of a character, but Leigh seems to suggest that the world can only make room for these men at our own peril. The ultimate in Rainy Day Bummers, which are the movies I sometimes need to watch to find my center again."

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KarynKusama recommended Naked (1993) in Movies (curated)

Naked (1993)

1993 | Drama

8.7

(3 Ratings)

Movie Favorite

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Antonio Campos recommended Code Unknown (2000) in Movies (curated)

Code Unknown (2000)

2000 | Drama

(0 Ratings)

Movie Favorite

"It’s the first of Haneke’s film I saw. When we were in film school, Sean [Durkin] called me and said, "You've got to see this film." We went to the NYU library and he first showed me two scenes: the one on the train where Juliette Binoche gets spit on and the red room scene where she gets directed off screen by Haneke. It was one of these moments where I had been waiting to see a film language that really spoke to me and this film had it, it made so much sense to me. From there I fell in love with Haneke."

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Kelly MacDonald recommended A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories in Books (curated)

A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories

Lucia Berlin | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

(0 Ratings)

Book Favorite

"This relates to my Maggie O’Farrell obsession. She recommended Lucia Berlin in an interview I read a few years ago. So, like any good stalker, I checked it out. These stories feel very contemporary. I suppose if I’ve learned anything from reading, it’s that people don’t change very much through the ages. Our personal problems and our joys are entirely relatable, whatever the era. The women Berlin writes about seem entirely real. You can feel them in the room with you. There is humor and real beauty in her words. If I was the underlining type, these books would be heaving with biro. But I’m no vandal."

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Matthew Krueger (10051 KP) rated Red Eye (2005) in Movies

Sep 21, 2020

Red Eye (2005)

2005 | Action, Mystery

5.8

(5 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Fight or Flight

Red Eye- is a decent thiller. Both Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murray are really good.

The plot: In the wake of her grandmother's funeral, hotel manager Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) is waiting to fly back home when she meets charming Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy) at check-in. She thinks it luck that they're seated together on the plane, but soon learns otherwise. Jackson hopes to assassinate the head of Homeland Security, but to do so, he needs Lisa to reassign the official's room number at her hotel. As insurance, Jackson has kidnapped Lisa's father (Brian Cox).

Like i said its a decent movie.

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InfernalNinja (49 KP) rated Betrayal at House on the Hill in Tabletop Games

Jun 9, 2020 (Updated Jun 10, 2020)

Betrayal at House on the Hill

2004 | Adventure, Exploration, Horror, Miniatures

8.3

(56 Ratings)

Tabletop Game Rating

Modular board and 50+ scenarios creates near infinite replayability (2 more)

Super thematic

Semi-cooperative leaves room for fun incidents

Lots of pieces, need quite a bit of tablespace (2 more)

rules and mechanics can be confusing at times

Not always balanced

Great game for horror fans

Betrayal is a must-have for any tabletop enthusiast, especially horror fans. With 50+ haunts, it'll be quite a while before you're bored. Spend the first half of the game on the same side, exploring a creepy mansion. But beware, once the haunt starts, the dynamic dramatically shifts, often putting 3 against 1. It'll feel just like you're in a horror movie!