Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Y Tu Mamá También 2001

  ★★★★★ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  I remember when boys were this pretty and they made a stench of their prettiness and they were assuredly boys because what else could they be with those elbows and knees? This felt like watching a Alejandro Zambra novel. It felt like Julio and Tenoch could have easily been Julio and Emilia from Bonsai. There were all these facts, dates and times, truths and personal mythologies, and then there was the space between, the road between the city and the coast,…

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  The Watermelon Woman 1996

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  I grow so sick of my loneliness. I make a meal of my solitude and I overindulge. I arrange my time like great big balloons, empty packages decorated with string. How many times have I watched the sunset from this exact same seat on the couch? The green pillow behind my back has burst a seam. There are friends of mine who have babies and small business loans and graduate school applications and workout classes they take three times a…

Popular reviews

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  The Fabelmans 2022

  ★★★ Watched 04 Dec 2022

  Does Steven know he queer-coded himself in this movie? Like… why was it so gay?

  Also would kill to be a fly on the wall any time he was giving direction to Michelle Williams, what did he say to her

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  Moonstruck 1987

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Feb 2024

  Boys night and we went to a Valentine’s Day screening. There were no ushers to check our tickets and the theatre was at the end of the hall. Andrew said he was Lucas’ partner, and Lucas said they were mine. We were in love. The boys pulled seltzers from their coat pockets and nobody spilled. I held the popcorn and chewed on gummy bears. The clear ones are my favorite. Lucas said everything is temporary, that don’t excuse nothing, and…