Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Babette's Feast 1987

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 25 Mar 2025

  “Throughout the world sounds one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me the chance to do my very best”

  
  “Ah how you will delight the angels!”

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  Il Sorpasso 1962

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Feb 2025

  Kind of like 2 1/2 men

Popular reviews

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  Harakiri 1962

  ★★★★★ Watched 07 Sep 2020

  Dramatic masterpiece. More thrilling than a blockbuster and ahead of its time. This film will feel fresh for centuries

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  Synecdoche, New York 2008

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 May 2020

  Very clever and fast-paced. A lot of fun. It’s very bold. The director has been given an unbelievable amount of free rein in making this movie. I can’t forget a joke from a sitcom I saw where someone was being “meta” and another character said “Ok, Charlie Kaufman.” Cue laugh track.

  This film is explicitly and successfully talking about psychology. It really captures misery caused by bad marriages and other types of modern life gone wrong. The star is badly emasculated.…

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