Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 08 Apr 2024

  He’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy

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  The Menu 2022

  Watched 14 Mar 2024

  Eleven midsommar park

Popular reviews

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  L'Avventura 1960

  ★★★½ Watched 30 Dec 2021

  Antonioni does a great job of portraying a deep unease throughout L’Avventura. Using the high society backdrop to create a chance for almost cinematic phenomenology, he carefully digs into the distance between his characters, all while showing off some truly impressive visual work (highlighting the natural beauty of the area and bourgeois Italian life in a way that feels significantly more impactful than, say, the Talented Mr Ripley). 

  Good watch, but definitely falls a little flat next to La Notte, which…

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  The French Dispatch 2021

  ★★ Watched 14 Jan 2022

  I like Wes Anderson. I like Bill Murray. I like Tilda Swinton. I like Frances McDormand. I like Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, Benicio del Toro, and Jason Schwartzman. 

  This however felt like just empty style. I know Anderson can make entertaining, well shot, light while thoughtful, fun movies, but the film felt like a poor imitation or a collage ripping elements from his earlier work with little thought other than potential commercial appeal. 

  Enjoyed the del Toro sequence, but the…

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