Sunset

Mood: sobbing while eating bread next to my husband who just tried to murder me five minutes ago to live with the City girl he's been cheating on me with

cassandra

88/100 What a truly odd structure this film has. In theory, it should end at roughly the midpoint, following the scene in the church—everything is resolved, both narratively and emotionally, once the Man essentially renews his vows by proxy. Instead, the second half…

Mike D'Angelo

watching this immediately after le bonheur sure was a trip. i’m convinced murnau thought of this as humanist but it comes across as resoundingly opposed—premeditated acts of domestic violence are easily forgiven and brushed over by people everywhere! wow. it’s… the circle…

aleph beth null

imagine making a film so out of this world that you actually have to clarify that the characters are human in the title

liam f

margaret livingston be like i’m bored murder your wife

👽 Zara 👽

This film is 90 years old, yet such a beautiful and powerful film, an extraordinary technical achievement, and for me another proof that time has no bearing on quality. The tracking shot of them walking down the street, actually in the middle of the road with cars all over,…

Dirk Diggler

It’s definitely not just a love story; it’s a gigantic innovation for the cinema itself. F. W. Murnau, the same director of Nosferatu, another magnificent work, has the gift for the creation of significant works with a lot of quality, even with subjects perhaps considered…

noen

gillian flynn watched this and said “yeah i’m gonna do all of that except the exact opposite” and then wrote gone girl

eely

Janet Gaynor spends the whole day feeding chickens, crying, dancing, and trying not to get murdered, drinks ONE glass of wine and gets life-threateningly drunk because the only thing she’s eaten that day is one bite of bread while crying and that’s the vibe of today

phoebe 💫