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Favorite films

  • Howl's Moving Castle
  • Gaslight
  • Hackers
  • Paddington 2

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  • The Critic

  • The Hitch-Hiker

  • Army of Darkness

  • High Fidelity

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  • The Critic

    The Critic

    Ooh I love when gays get to be evil!!!! I knew absolutely nothing about this film going into it and while the screenplay could’ve used some edits to tighten it up, the performances were all spectacular with some really breathtaking shots. Long Live Sir Ian McKellen!!!

  • The Hitch-Hiker

    The Hitch-Hiker

    The first film noir directed by a woman! It manages to feel much longer than its 70 minutes but I am very proud of Ida for pioneering as a woman director :)

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  • Chicken People

    Chicken People

    ★★★★

    My favorite sub-genre of documentary is “people who are very passionate about a niche topic” followed closely by “competitions with no actual stakes that are taken extremely seriously by the people who enter them” and this movie is the perfect blend of them both!

  • The Boy and the Heron

    The Boy and the Heron

    ★★★★

    personal thoughts: omfg which bird pissed off Hayao Miyazaki so badly that he came out of retirement to create a hit piece on ALL BIRDS???

    actual review: I think the original Japanese title HOW DO YOU LIVE? represents the movie much better than THE BOY AND THE HERON. Examining how you choose to live in the midst of war—seeing the consequences for those who have chosen to create an alternate reality for themselves either by escaping in a fantasy world…