Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Holy Ghost People 1967

  ★★ Watched 27 Mar 2025

  Academically interesting if you are curious about Appalachia but… just not an amazing movie. The movie makers, oddly enough, largely stay behind the camera so well that you forget they’re there. And yet, I cannot shake the feeling that they went home and laughed at these country people. And that makes me SAD.

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  Party Girl 1995

  ★★★½ Watched 27 Mar 2025

  Really fun movie that I wanted to like a bit more than I did. Idk what I was expecting, but this was way more of a hangout movie than I was ready for. And hangout movies can be fun! And this WAS fun!

  Parker Posey is carrying it, though. And it’s so effortless to her, it’s crazy. I also love that this movies thesis kinda (to me, at least) seems to be that coming of age and growing up is ultimately realizing that everything kinda sucks and suffering comes with it. But there’s peace in that!

Popular reviews

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  Companion 2025

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Feb 2025

  Loved this for so many reasons. First, Sophie Thatcher is so good in everything. Like crazy good.

  But this was just FUN and twisty!! And goofy, even.  Also philosophically interesting!!! AI conceptually is such an ethical/moral grey area, especially given the fact that all of our big time AI helpers at present have female names/voices (Alexa, Siri, etc.), and it’s interesting to consider some societal “why” behind it.

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 17 Dec 2024

  Mikey Madison… I thought you needed Oscar buzz after Scream… so this was major for me.

  Saw this described as “Pretty Woman meets Uncut Gems” and that nailed it… but it was better than I was expecting.

  One of those movies I wish I was in a college class to discuss… so much about opportunity and mobility and who gets to truly enjoy life. Lovvvve

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