Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Visions of Light 1992

  Watched 04 Mar 2025

  This has been in my YouTube watchlist for too long…

  Nice to watch and be reminded of how many movies I’ve yet to see and how I should be taking more risks and pushing the image more. I’m lucky that I get to do what I do!

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  Passing 2021

  ★★★ Watched 21 Feb 2025

  I was a bit tired, so I didn’t fully follow everything, but I got the general gist. I was disappointed though overall by how slow and honestly boring it felt. Great performances and craft overall – loved the black and white cinematography; shooting anamorphic and cropping to almost 1:1 is a super interesting look. But, I guess this just wasn’t for me.

Popular reviews

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  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964

  ★½ Watched 20 Aug 2020

  Out of Kubrick’s older movies, this was the one I was most excited for... Unfortunately, I found it to be very boring with dialogue I barely understood and hardly funny (the one thing I actually thought was funny was the “Führer joke” towards the end). The only reason I’m not rating it lower is because the cinematography was solid (I’ve definitely gained a further appreciation of black and white films by watching these movies), and I can understand how it must’ve been revolutionary/impactful/polarizing when it came out.

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  Babygirl 2024

  ★★ Watched 10 Nov 2024 4

  Q&A w/ Halina Reijn and Nicole Kidman

  Nice lighting, a good soundtrack, and well-cut montages. But, too much Botox, too much handheld camera, inconsistent focus pulling, and characters I don’t care about unfortunately left me bored.

  
  (Was wondering when someone was gonna shoot at 1245 Broadway. Always thought it was an interesting building.)