Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 02 Mar 2025

  Eggers envisioned and realized Nosferatu as a stage play. It was an obsession nurtured since childhood. At 17, the director had adapted the story for a school theater production. It was then that he discovered his calling as a storyteller. Staging Bram Stoker’s gothic novel on film, Robert once again turns to theater: in the intensity of the performances, the fidelity to the book’s text (and to Murnau’s silent German film), and the emphasis on movement, particularly in Ellen’s dreams…

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  From Up on Poppy Hill 2011

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Feb 2025

  A love story that meticulously explores ideas of legacy and preservation. Umi and Shun, the high school couple who guide the film, don’t need lengthy dialogues to reveal their individuality. It manifests through the subtlety of the animation. Beyond the protagonists' relationship, the film takes advantage of the school setting—from the teaching clubs to the student-made newsletter—to develop its message.

  Using the preparations for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics as a backdrop, it also touches on the open wounds left by…

Popular reviews

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  Annihilation 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Mar 2018

  Answers and resolutions don't matter when a film holds its ground. Due to the blend of science fiction and horror elements, Annihilation bears a strong resemblance to the best moments of David Cronenberg's work (Scanners, Videodrome, eXistenZ...) in the distinctive way it undergoes mutations in the human body.

  Similarly, by dealing with the unknown in such a tangible and concrete manner, it also aligns with the best genre films of this century: Duncan Jones's Moon, Mike Cahill's Another Earth, Jonathan…

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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 07 Dec 2022

  As credits rolled, Aftersun sparked in me the desire to watch the film once again. Family stories always leave me with thoughts swirling in my mind, reflecting on my place in the world and within the confines of home. Here, the director rehearses her own childhood to better understand the relationship and the challenges of communicating with her father.

  Calum, separated from Sophie's mother, prefers to maintain a certain distance from the girl when it comes to his personal life.…