Erik Burke

A ★★★★ review of Häxan (1922) "One of my actresses insisted on trying the thumbscrew when we shot these pictures. I will not reveal the terrible confessions I forced from the young lady in less than a minute." Once Häxan finishes ...

Watching some silent movie spoops today.

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A ★★★ review of I Know Who Killed Me (2007) This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

A rip-off of David Lynch and Brian De Palma that turns into a completely unique American giallo. I would pay money to see the 3.5 hour cut of this (that exists for real btw!)

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A ★★★ review of Prince of Darkness (1987) "Faith is a hard thing to come by these days." Grad school is the devil. Prince of Darkness is definitely not my favorite John Carpenter movie. I love the special effects, the score, and the pure fun ...

Is it even October if you don't watch at least ONE John Carpenter movie?

A ★★★★½ review of Candyman (1992) "Your death will be a tale to frighten children, to make lovers cling closer in their rapture. Come with me, and be immortal." I love urban gothic. Candyman, which takes place in my home city of Chica...

Three words: Chicago. Urban. Gothic. 🐝

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A ★★★★½ review of Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (2010) "Oh, hidy-ho officer! We've had a doozy of a day. There we were, minding our own business, just doing chores around the house, when kids started killing themselves all over my property." Watched with ...

NEVER judge a book by its cover.

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A ★½ review of Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl (2025) "His love was the key that opened my SKIES." Watched with my girlfriend. So, yeah. What's up, guys? I'm a Swiftie. When my girlfriend and I started dating over a year-and-a-half ago, she told me she w...

This could have been a YouTube video.

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A ★★★½ review of Anemone (2025) "We never had much luck with fathers, did we?" Men would rather make movies than go to family therapy. All jokes aside, Anemone is a movie I dug, but it's also a movie I don't think a lot of people ar...

Definitely not what I expected, but DDL gives a monologue in the third act that is worth the price of admission alone.

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A ★★★★★ review of One Battle After Another (2025) This review may contain spoilers. Visit the page to bypass this warning and read the review.

Cinema is alive and well 🥰

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A ★★★★★ review of Magnolia (1999) "This happens. This is something that happens." I used to think that Magnolia had an amazing opening, and one of the best final needle-drops in movie history. I used to think that everything else was ...

Bumped this up to a five. #PTA

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I am LIVING for the universal praise One Battle After Another is rightfully receiving :)

Soon I'll have seen this three times in theaters, so PTA really should have called it "One Viewing After Another"

Has anyone else had "Dirty Work" stuck in their head on an endless loop after watching One Battle After Another?

A ★★★★★ review of One Battle After Another (2025) "Don't go dark on me, Bob." Saw a second 70mm screening of this at The Music Box today, less than 24hrs after I saw it for the first time. If you can see this movie on film, do it. It's such a treat. ...

Don't go dark on me, Bob.

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A ★★★★★ review of One Battle After Another (2025) "This pussy don't pop for you." Caught a sold out 70mm screening at The Music Box tonight. I showed up almost two hours early, and boy I am glad I did. The line for the almost 800 seat theater was aro...

Revolutionary, inflammatory filmmaking on every level in the way only Paul Thomas Anderson could make it.

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You all know what time it is #onebattleafteranother #ptaday

Chicago represent!!!!

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

A ★★★★★ review of Punch-Drunk Love (2002) "I have so much strength in me you have no idea. I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine." I get butterflies in my stomach when I watch this movie. I've thought lo...

Thank you, PTA 🥰

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YouTube video by Erik Burke The 30 Diaries [7] Pursuing Things That Last

This past Sunday, I was given the incredible experience of lay leading at my church. I uploaded a video about my experience. Come check it out! ✝️

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A ★★★★½ review of Licorice Pizza (2021) "Don't call me all the time, okay? We're not boyfriend and girlfriend. Remember that." Ah, Licorice Pizza, Licorice Pizza. As far as film discourse is concerned, it's definitely the red-headed step ch...

Had to get my PTA fix in before ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER!

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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER opens this week at the Music Box, presented in 70MM!

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I should just go off on Bluesky and make it my primary platform, because Twitter is a mess.

Cedric really went from The Gerber Baby to Draco Malfoy. #trailsofcoldsteel3

A ★★★ review of G.B.H. (1982) "Bleeding women. No wonder there's so many queers." Cliff transcended. As much as Tuxedo Warrior was a struggle to sit through, it made the experience of watching this so-bad-it's-good gem so much bet...

Cliff. Twemlow.

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Between Castle Rat's new album dropping and the release of the Trails in the Sky First Chapter remake, it's a great day for fantasy female protagonists.

Y'all are not ready for this.

A ★★★★ review of Love, Celeste (2024) "I never wanted you to think I didn't miss you." While the opening of Love, Celeste is very The American Friend inspired, this movie is more akin to a decaffeinated, low fat, lite dairy-free version o...

If you're a fan of THE DARJEELING LIMITED, then I cannot recommend this movie more highly.

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Maybe he should send The National Guard to Utah, too. 🌮

A ★★½ review of The Other (2025) "You met a monster before. A real one. One that scares you. One that hurts people. You can't get away. It follows you. It follows you everywhere. It's already here." There is something genuinely cool ...

The cinematic equivalent of eating a Big Mac.

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The line, "My pussy still hurts when I think of you" popped into my head completely unbidden today.

I think Emilia Pérez gave me permanent psychic damage.