Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Winter Light 1963

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  i was just going to make a one-liner for this review but i feel miserable and emotionally wrecked by yet another bergman film

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  Grave of the Fireflies 1988

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Mar 2025

  its beautiful animation intensifies the brutal story it tells. the gentle visuals mislead, leaving no room for solace; instead, they expose raw suffering and loss that no love can mend. it feels like more than an emotional journey—the lingering sadness and pain echo a history that demands to be felt.

Popular reviews

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  Greetings from Tim Buckley 2012

  ★ Watched 14 Jul 2024

  a single star for the lilac wine cover. i miss jeff buckley he was so talented.

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  In the Mood for Love 2000

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Feb 2025

  at first, this felt like an unfinished love story, a love left unspoken. no grand confessions or cathartic embraces — just quiet moments, often met with restraint, unspoken longings, and repressed emotions. there's a certain sadness when you realize it's too late, and all the things that were never said will remain unspoken. it hits hard…. but in the end, another perspective emerges:

  “that era has passed. nothing that belonged to it exists anymore.“

  there is a quiet beauty in…