Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Twister 1996

  ★★★½ Watched 07 Mar 2025 2

  feels topical

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Jan 2025

  i can’t get over how the score amplifies everything Corbet wants you to feel, from the booming brass in the opening reflecting Tóth’s hopeful arrival in the US into a promising new start, to the constant rhythmic driving reflecting his passion, accompanied by the dissonant polyphony reflecting the greed and exploitation of Van Bruen, corrupting Tóth’s hope and ambition for the american dream, and ultimately reflecting his spiral and unravelling into anger and aggression.

  i think this film and its cinematography is a masterpiece, well worthy of its praise.

Popular reviews

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  Amadeus 1984

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Jan 2025 2

  the music, the beautiful visuals, salieri’s jaded love/hate for mozart’s music
  this is a masterpiece oh my gosh

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  To Catch a Thief 1955

  ★★★★★ Watched 31 Dec 2024

  i think this has to be one of, if not my favourite Hitchcock film. 

  while it’s not as suspenseful as rear window or vertigo, there are still exciting moments of tension, albeit more lightweight than other Hitchcock classics. the ambience created by the green, nocturnal tint in the nighttime scenes, the witty script full of innuendo, the fantastic setting, and of course Cary Grant and Grace Kelly- what’s not to love about To Catch a Thief?