Yoni Mayer

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Film Reviews

Everything I've watched and had something to say about, logged to Letterboxd whenever I watch a movie and mirrored here. 1009 films seen; these are the ones that got a note.

Seen Film Rating Note
09 MAR 24 Love Lies Bleeding 2024 4 out of 5 stars Liked that this wasn’t just a run of the mill directed story but that there were some more avant garde…
06 MAR 24 1917 2019 4 out of 5 stars Finally got around to the first film I put on my Letterboxd watchlist The nighttime sequence and sprint…
05 MAR 24 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation 2015 4 out of 5 stars Not my favorite but just oh so good
03 MAR 24 The Taste of Things 2023 3.5 out of 5 stars Enchantingly calming. I appreciated it more than I enjoyed it but it really was a delicate and beautiful…
02 MAR 24 Dune 2021 4.5 out of 5 stars Really really great science fiction filmmaking. I’m in awe of Denis. Can’t wait for 2
01 MAR 24 Peter Pan 2003 3.5 out of 5 stars The "I do believe in fairies" scene has stuck with me since I was 6 years old watching this for the…
27 FEB 24 Les Misérables 2012 5 out of 5 stars Hard to even process my thoughts rn sitting in the theater. That was an exhilarating experience.
26 FEB 24 Billy Elliot 2000 4.5 out of 5 stars I haven’t cried at a movie this much in a while. Gem of a film
26 FEB 24 Argo 2012 3.5 out of 5 stars Good but best pic?? The academy loves anything meta about making movies don’t they
26 FEB 24 All the President's Men 1976 4.5 out of 5 stars Wow.
26 FEB 24 Tenet 2020 3.5 out of 5 stars IMAX go woooompppp
25 FEB 24 Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision 2011 5 out of 5 stars Masterpiece
25 FEB 24 Donkey Skin 1970 3.5 out of 5 stars I, too, cook by singing the recipe to a better dressed version of myself
23 FEB 24 Her 2013 5 out of 5 stars I’m not really counting this as a rewatch cuz I fell asleep for the second half at 2 AM but I just want to be…
21 FEB 24 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 4.5 out of 5 stars <i>Meet me in Montauk</i> There’s just nothing else like it
11 FEB 24 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 2007 4.5 out of 5 stars Really well crafted flic. That first train robbery was delicious
11 FEB 24 An American in Paris 1951 4 out of 5 stars They really don’t make em like they used to (I’m not talking about you La La Land and Ken’s dream ballet from…
08 FEB 24 True Romance 1993 3 out of 5 stars WTF happened in Tarantino's love life that he decided to call this True Romance??
07 FEB 24 Captain Fantastic 2016 4.5 out of 5 stars The first hour of this was my idea of paradise. The next half hour was super aggravating and sad.
06 FEB 24 Perfect Days 2023 4 out of 5 stars The first thought I had when I stepped out of the train in Kyoto to experience my first Japanese city, was…
05 FEB 24 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993 3.5 out of 5 stars Rockin good time
04 FEB 24 Argylle 2024 2 out of 5 stars This is what happens when Sam rockwells character is given free reign to dance all through the movie
04 FEB 24 The Tree of Life 2011 5 out of 5 stars WOW. I can't speak right now. I can't think right now. That was a singular experience.
04 FEB 24 Wonka 2023 3 out of 5 stars I waited 2 hours and Paddington was a no show
30 JAN 24 The Truman Show 1998 5 out of 5 stars "How will it end?" Really interesting watching this in todays world with social media making…
29 JAN 24 Shoplifters 2018 4.5 out of 5 stars Beautiful. So so beautiful. Family’s the best.
28 JAN 24 Decision to Leave 2022 4 out of 5 stars Some really cool editing and transitions wow. Park Chan wook has got STYLE
28 JAN 24 ted 2024 3.5 out of 5 stars Are you even allowed to make a sitcom that’s genuinely funny anymore?? Wow.
28 JAN 24 Godzilla Minus One 2023 4 out of 5 stars Person next to me started snoring and then jumped awake at a Godzilla roar Is your war over yet??
25 JAN 24 The Curse 2023 4 out of 5 stars I have no idea how to interpret that ending but man, EMMA STONE. she was lights out the entire show.
24 JAN 24 His Girl Friday 1940 4 out of 5 stars What a script! What lead performances! This movie MOVED God I just love the way they spoke in these movies
23 JAN 24 American Sniper 2014 4 out of 5 stars Nice directing there Mr. Eastwood
22 JAN 24 Cléo from 5 to 7 1962 4 out of 5 stars I visited the Academy Museum in L.A. about a month ago and they had an Agnes Varda exhibit.
22 JAN 24 Charade 1963 3.5 out of 5 stars QUITE the charade. They really don’t make em like they used to do they.
21 JAN 24 Oppenheimer 2023 5 out of 5 stars I know Christopher Nolan worked extensively on the physical release but I’m starting a campaign to make it…
21 JAN 24 La Haine 1995 5 out of 5 stars WOW. Like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas all rolled into one i.e troubled, trigger happy…
21 JAN 24 The Lovers on the Bridge 1991 4 out of 5 stars Maybe the most troublesome love story I've seen but a love story nonetheless.
18 JAN 24 Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 5 out of 5 stars I waited a whole two days to watch this again. And yes, it is still so so good
17 JAN 24 Anatomy of a Fall 2023 4.5 out of 5 stars So the prosecutor thought she wrote it in a book and then it happened 🤔 Sound like he’s seen the trailer to…
16 JAN 24 Mad Max: Fury Road 2015 5 out of 5 stars HOOOOOLLYYYY SHITTTTT That was phenomenal. Honestly some of the most impressive filmaking ive ever seen.
15 JAN 24 Self Reliance 2023 3 out of 5 stars Fun!
15 JAN 24 To Catch a Thief 1955 4 out of 5 stars How I know this is an Alfred Hitchcock movie: ❌ Alfred Hitchcock is literally in the movie as a cameo ✅…
14 JAN 24 Mean Girls 2024 3 out of 5 stars You wanna know how I know this movie was made for the TikTok generation?
14 JAN 24 Blade Runner 1982 3.5 out of 5 stars Lights, cinematography, insane production design Aside from that, not my cup of tea
13 JAN 24 Network 1976 5 out of 5 stars oh YEAH. The script was ELECTRIC. The acting was phenomenal. And boy was this well directed
12 JAN 24 The Graduate 1967 4 out of 5 stars You know that time in every man’s young life when he comes home after college, feels lost about his future…
10 JAN 24 Police Story 1985 4 out of 5 stars Michael Jackson may have invented the moonwalk but Jackie perfected it
10 JAN 24 Y Tu Mamá También 2001 5 out of 5 stars Whoa. The last 5 minutes of this change the whole feeling of the movie and make it even deeper and more…
08 JAN 24 Fallen Leaves 2023 3 out of 5 stars Make more movies look like this!!
08 JAN 24 Drive 2011 4 out of 5 stars Some really great filmmaking!!!!