Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Christine 1983

  ★★★★ Rewatched 20 Mar 2025

  Maybe the saddest Carpenter movie???

  I remember not liking this the first time I saw it. (I don’t think I had gotten on Carpenter’s wavelength yet.) And I remember being mad because Christine as a novel is, I truly think, maybe the best example of Stephen King’s style working perfectly. Feels fully him and fully working.

  On second watch, I see why this movie is good. Both King and Carpenter understand the inherent madness laying wait in small communities, a hair-trigger away…

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  Z 2019

  ★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  Wow, 2.5 and I liked it. 

  A perfectly serviceable (if hacky), Babadook rip off.

Popular reviews

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Oct 2024

  The logical conclusion to the national fever dream that was brat girl/rat boy summer.

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  Hundreds of Beavers 2022

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 13 Mar 2025

  I don’t think I was fully on this movie’s wavelength first time around. But seeing it again in a theater filled with other repeat viewers made me realize how special I think this is.

  Time has already vindicated HoB. It’s been in theaters (virtually nonstop) for a year and shows no signs of slowing. It’s a movie proud of its indie stripes, wearing the aesthetic as a key facet of its world. And it benefits from it. The world is…

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