AFawn

AFawn

Favorite films

  • 12 Angry Men
  • The Taste of Things
  • Ratatouille
  • Thelma & Louise

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  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★½

  • Anora

    ★★★

  • Paddington in Peru

    ★★★★

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  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★★

    Great soundtrack. Tight movie, in every sense of the word. I like that it lingers on clues a perfect amount of time, and lets the characters breath in those moments for themselves or with each other. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen a movie this short!

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★½

    So so much more hysterical than I expected, I don’t think I’ll find a funnier movie this year. It’s smart, never overuses bits and I think I really just enjoyed how it constantly surprised me with what it was gonna pull out next. 

    Robert Pattinson is so endlessly talented and I’m in awe of how much emotion he shows in this movie. Mickey 17’s voice is so nerdy and endearing, he’s got such range!! Naomi Ackie is so good in…

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

    “Is there a better description of a cube than its structure?”

    Special experience. The Brutalist is a crisp, engrossing audiovisual treat absolutely bursting with feeling. Sensitive and tender camerawork curates a reverence of the world through the eyes of a tortured architect; skies are bluer than you thought possible, wardrobes so vibrant that they’re leaping off the screen, and shadows so masterfully utilizes that men turn to phantasms before our eyes.

    I lost count how many establishing shots took my…

  • Frances Ha

    Frances Ha

    ★★★★★

    "It's just, if something funny happens on the way to the deli... you'll only tell one person, and that'll be Patch... and I'll never hear about it."

    Really tough movie to watch. There’s this unnerving, hummingbird-like way the characters talk past each other that’s just slightly inhuman. Everyone is messy, perfunctory, and undateable to the core. The only glimmer of genuine human chemistry we see is the charming dynamic between Frances and Sophie, college best friends seemingly cheated out of…