Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Ex Drummer 2007

  ★½ Watched 01 Mar 2025

  Belgian (wannabe) Trainspotting. Relentlessly nihilistic

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  Oldboy 2003

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Feb 2025

  my proudest moment was predicting the plot twist an hour before it happened, call me a film director or whateva

Popular reviews

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  Y Tu Mamá También 2001

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Jan 2025

  "We have a perfect name for fantasy realized. It's called nightmare."
  Slavoj Žižek

  I dont think I've ever seen a film so beautiful, honest, and heartbreaking until Y Tu Mamá También.

  If you look at this film on the surface, it's a sexual adventure, two teenage boys get to fulfill their sexual fantasies! Char, why not just watch porn?

  But there's so much layering beyond the central plot- the socioeconomic truths in Mexico in the periphery paralled with Julio and…

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  Whisper of the Heart 1995

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 25 Aug 2024 1

  this movie feels like a warm hug & a friend. takes me back to my childhood: the rain pouring outside the classroom windows, the familiar path to go to the library, scenes of friends mingling in the hallways

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