kurt.
@thedurtster
Love movies, running, writing occasionally, New York City, looking sharp & movies. Member: NYRR, Metrograph, Film at Lincoln Center (Reviews are out of ****)
Top 10 2024 Honorable Mentions: Between the Temples, Bird, The Substance 10. I Saw the TV Glow 9. Dune Part Two 8. Challengers 7. Furiosa 6. The Brutalist 5. Last Summer 4. Small Things Like These 3. Juror #2 2. Nickel Boys 1. Anora Honorable Mention: Megalopolis Happy New Year
HAPPY GILMORE (1996) *** “You know what, you're a lousy kindergarten teacher. I've seen those finger-paintings you bring home and they suck!” My nieces and nephews really enjoyed it.
6 years ago, ‘ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD’ released in theaters.
No fear. #OneBattleAfterAnother only in theaters September 26.
THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD (1988) ***1/2 “What I’m trying to say is that, Wilma, as soon as Nordberg is better, he’s welcome back at police squad.” “Unless he’s a drooling vegetable. But I think that’s only common sense.”
NOPE (2022) ***1/2 “This dream you're chasing, where you end up at the top of the mountain, all eyes on you... it's the dream you never wake up from.” Kaluuya rode off on that horse, we never saw him again,
AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (1972/1977) **** “I'm powerless. But I am also sorry for you, because I know there is no escape from this jungle.” Who else is with me?
25TH HOUR (2002) **** “This all came so close to never happening.” Another for the New York Times ballot. I’ve said this a hundred times but Barry Pepper is absolutely fucking amazing in this. Spike showed up at BAM, introduced the film, then stuck around for a Q&A. What a treat
EDDINGTON (2025) ***1/2 Who are you yelling to? There’s no one around.
Reach out to your film friends who didn't get ODYSSEY tickets 🤧
Not everything is supposed to make you comfortable. Watch the trailer for #AfterTheHuntMovie, directed by Luca Guadagnino, starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, and Andrew Garfield. See the movie only in theaters this October.
BATMAN BEGINS (2005) ***1/2 Oscar winner Cillian Murphy delivers the best line reading of his career: “The bat-man.”
SUPERMAN (2025) *** My nephews and I enjoyed this goofy movie for children.
F1 (2025) ***1/2 “We have the driver.” The reason cost of living in NYC is so high is because the Lincoln Square IMAX opens at 9am.
DUNKIRK (2017) **** “My son was one of you lot. I knew he’d see us thru.” Remains superb.
JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH (2025) ** Early on, the movie stops dead in its tracks for a scene in which ScarJo and Mahershala ask the financier of the mission for more millions of dollars before they agree to proceed to the island with the dinosaurs. Lousy in a way ‘90s sequels were.
Half-time top 5 of ‘25: Sinners (#1 w/ a wooden stake) Bring Her Back Eephus F1 The Shrouds
FRANTIC (1988) ***1/2 An enthralling thriller. Every married man’s fantasy. Cannot imagine the kind of immensely dopey turns the plot will take when it becomes the next Harrison Ford project remade for streaming tv.
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953) ***1/2 “A man who don’t go his own way is nothing.”
PUBLIC ENEMIES (2009) **** “That's 'cause they're all about where people come from. The only thing that's important is where someone's going.” Would certainly be on my New York Times ballot.
