The Viewfinder
E.A. EscamillaA working log of film responses. Observations, not arguments. Calibration over proclamation.
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Borderlands (2024)
The Borderlands games are not narratively sophisticated. That has never been the point. What they are is tonally specific -- a very particular frequency of anarchic irreverence, loot-driven chaos, and self-aware absurdism that holds togethe...
F1 (2025)
I didn’t see this in IMAX.
And for a movie like this, that feels less like a missed opportunity and more like watching the wrong version of the film entirely. Because F1 isn’t just trying to depict speed. It’s trying to simulate it—the dif...
Revenge of the Sith (2005)
When each of the prequel films first arrived in theaters, I loved them.
Not cautiously. Not with the sense that something interesting had happened but might require reflection later. I mean full opening-weekend enthusiasm, the kind where y...
One Battle After Another (2025)
Paul Thomas Anderson’s floor is so high that even a “minor” film of his tends to land above most directors’ best work. That’s roughly where One Battle After Another sits for me. It’s not near the top of the PTA films I’ve seen so far—arguab...
Forrest Gump (1994)
I don’t only watch certain films on specific holidays. But there are a few I make a point of revisiting when the calendar turns. Forrest Gump is my Thanksgiving film.
I watch it throughout the year. But on Thanksgiving, it hits differently...
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