Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith

Favorite films

  • Memoir of a Snail
  • The Brutalist
  • Flow
  • A Real Pain

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  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    ★★★★½

  • Little Woods

    ★★★½

  • Junior

    ★★★★

  • Nomadland

    ★★★★★

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  • The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

    ★★★★½

    **Watched as Part of My IWD 2025 Girls on Tops Fest**

    For the Cate Blanchett tee I was dead set on watching Carol, which I’ve got on Blu. But then this evening I was in a bit of a funk and didn’t really want to feel sad, so opted for Wes Anderson’s high seas adventure instead, but was still left feeling sad.

    Not as sad, I don’t doubt.

    A joyous romp, proving that Anderson could make a full-on action flick…

  • Little Woods

    Little Woods

    ★★★½

    **Watched as Part of My IWD 2025 Girls on Tops Fest**

    With Candyman not currently available to steam (although due to hit Prime again right at the end of the challenge) I opted for Little Woods (or as it was called in the U.K. ‘Crossing the Line’) as it was a DaCosta film I’d not seen and started the rather brilliant Tessa Thompson. 

    I was not disappointed. It’s the sort of film you’ve seen a dozen times before BUT crucially,…

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  • The Room

    The Room

    ★★★

    I didn’t expect this short to leave me feeling the way I did. I lost my father a few years ago and as he was dying I realised a lot about how much I meant to him, despite him never really showing it too much. A very specific sequence of events meant that we reconnected before he died and seeing the lead in this hugging her childhood toy hit hard.

    Grief is weird but when a passing reveals a truth…

  • The Cloverfield Files

    The Cloverfield Files

    ★★½

    This could be a fantastic idea for an ongoing streaming series. Happenings around the world, associated with the Cloverfield events, all presented from new perspectives.