Favorite films

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  She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  Poetry, a “sustained series of anticlimaxes” (Dave Kehr), and time marching on

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  Great example of something that got saved in the edit—first third manages to set things up really nicely and engagingly despite the total reliance on voiceover and despite the fact that we never get to see the beginning of the relationship with Naomi Ackie? Do we even hear her say a full, uninterrupted line of dialogue in the first hour? 80 min? Wild, we just have to believe that they have this perfect unique love. The introduction of basically everyone…

Popular reviews

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  Sorcerer 1977

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Sep 2023 3

  Totally rules, I loved the four opening vignettes, and it’s constantly said but friedkins documentary style is so refreshing. It almost feels without author or narrator or perspective. Just a window into what is. Also I’m sure if I was able to see this on the big screen, the truck/bridge/process sequences would be mesmerizing. Still really great on a tv

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  In the Lost Lands 2025

  ★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  First PWSA. I got way too hopped up on a coffee I bought at the theater