Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  The Empire Strikes Back 1980

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 12 Jun 2023

  Bossk the Trandoshan is my Glup Shitto

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  The Wind Rises 2013

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 21 Aug 2023

  Immaculate. Miyazaki asks us if beauty can exist untethered to fascistic systems through which we work to achieve it, or if all of life's joys come with a sacrifice. My take? I don't fucking know.

Recent reviews

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  Empire of the Sun 1987

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  well i did cry at the very end so steve and tom win this round

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  Burn After Reading 2008

  ★★★★ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  what did we learn?

Popular reviews

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  Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 07 Mar 2025

  A previously defunct theater near me just reopened with new ownership and are only showing 35mm rep stuff. Their opening night double feature is this + Temple of Doom. Awesome! Print of this was eh but in a way that made it better. I fucking love this fucking movie. Enjoying this five-minute intermission before the normal and chill Temple of Doom. 

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  Stop Making Sense 1984

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 11 Sep 2023

  watched in imax plus the TIFF post-screening Q&A. would love to listen to an extended interview with Jerry about the remixing and remaster of the film and sound, it's unbelievable. David Byrne said something during the conversation about how part of the reason this worked so well is because Demme saw the film as as an observation of an ensemble cast of actors each with their own interiority and character arc. it's an idea expressed to the audience through dynamic,…