Favorite films

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  Columbus 2017

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  Two wounded people embark on a (beautifully shot) architecture tour.  

  Kogonada masterfully uses architectural, natural and interior environments to create a backdrop for his characters to reflect, mourn and find common ground. 

  His characters move through their (stagnant and painstakingly composed) frames at a glacial pace - the measured, scanning walk one often employs at a museum or the walk equivalent to the actual time it would take one to truly appreciate these spaces in-person.

  Kogonada is not in a rush, we shouldn’t be either!

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  Magnolia 1999

  ★★★½ Rewatched 22 Jan 2025

  Arguably one of Tom Cruise’s best (and most terrifying) acting performances.

  This entire movie is entirely over the top, far too long and soo erratic (the frogs? the shared musical score?) yet I enjoyed it nonetheless..

Popular reviews

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Sep 2024

  maybe the real substance was the friends we made along the way

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 26 Dec 2024

  Vampire love triangles are so back 

  Cinematography was A+, terrifying camera pans

  Defoe does not miss

  “I’ve seen things that would make Issac Newton crawl back into his mothers womb”

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