Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  RoboCop 1987

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  the most unserious serious movie I’ve ever seen. this movie absolutely RIPS. and there’s no WAY that Clarence didn’t go on to become bill hader

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 07 Mar 2025

  35mm at the brattle theater 

  damn dude this holds up even better on a second watch. in the absence of wondering what’s going on, i was able to soak up the incredibly nuanced performances, the interwoven script that so beautifully hints at its direction without sacrificing pay off, and the genuine humor that undercuts this movie. it’s best experienced with a crowd, i think! experiencing the roars and laughter and genuine delight of the audience makes the ending payoff even…

Popular reviews

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  Emilia Pérez 2024

  ½ Watched 07 Jan 2025 1

  BAD!!!!!!!!!! transphobic misogynistic stereotype-laden zionist trash with bad songs and a bad script!!!!

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Jan 2025

  70mm at Somerville Theater 
  tldr: Oppenheimer for girlies that ran a tumblr page and have beach house on vinyl (it’s me, I’m girlies)

  an absolute triumph of a film. like many, I enjoyed the first half more than the second, and I’ve grown more accepting of that as the film has sat with me. the shift in pacing is brutal in itself, much like peeling back the veneer of the american dream, and i can’t help but think it was…