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Favorite films

  • Synecdoche, New York
  • American Honey
  • Climax
  • The Shining

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  • The Zone of Interest

    ★★★★

  • American Murder: Gabby Petito

  • The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

  • Companion

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  • The Congress

    The Congress

    ★★½

    Please sign my petition that prohibits scenes where an aging female celebrity gazes wistfully at giant posters of their beautiful, younger self

  • Grizzly Man

    Grizzly Man

    ★★★★

    As a kid, I thought this movie was about an animal activist who met an untimely fate, like Steve Irwin. But this man was not that.

    I love Herzog’s heartfelt, romantic approach to the subject matter, but I often rewatch the two analyses below when I want more.  

    I especially like Andrew’s points around the cycles of addiction and comfort, the insinuation that Timothy had a Freudian desire to return to a childlike state in the womb, and how in the end, he kinda did. 



    The Tim Treadwell Delusion
    m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj40VcwspGE

    Timothy Treadwell | Grizzly Man | Mental Health & Personality
    m.youtube.com/watch?v=wDxxS_PJ9yU

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  • I Saw the TV Glow

    I Saw the TV Glow

    ★★★★

    I HAVE A TV INSIDE ME TOO! IT NEVER SHUTS OFF!!!

    As a kid I thought the TV could see me. I thought each show lived far into the TV, and all the tiny people would pause during commercials. I thought I could go through the screen and into the Teletubbies set if I wished hard enough.
    I thought it was magic and evil. It was so powerful. I would creep down the stairs and crawl towards the TV when…

  • Aftersun

    Aftersun

    ★★★½

    I can’t tell if this relationship is worse or better than the one I have with my father

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