Conner Wilson

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Favorite films

  • The Shape of Water
  • Lady Bird
  • Cabaret
  • Bringing Up Baby

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  • Paddington in Peru

  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

  • Lessons of Darkness

  • Sky Above and Mud Beneath

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  • Paddington in Peru

    Paddington in Peru

    Yeah, it’s fun. Missing the Paul King touch, but there’s still Paddington Bear and Olivia Colman, so how can I complain? 
     
    I’m sure I’ll enjoy it more on the home viewing!

  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

    One of those movies I watched at a formative age, that I think helped instill in me certain values — to believe in America, despite her worst efforts; to stand up for what’s right, most of all when you’re spitting in the wind; to never yield your time when you have something real to say.

    Not afraid to crush you, to make you despair for everything, and that’s because it doesn’t matter if Mr. Smith wins (though Thank God!) but that he fights.

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  • Bad Faith

    Bad Faith

    As a Christian, and as an American, I wholly and faithfully renounce the use of my Christianity and my patriotic values for the retrograde, racist, fascistic project called Christian Nationalism, and I pray for the souls of those who have been caught up by it, whether they have been deceived or they are deceivers.

  • Macbeth

    Macbeth

    Really loved this production. Minimalist and modern, with some incredibly insightful performances.

    Tennant’s Macbeth, in particular, brings out aspects of the character that so often stay dormant: the consuming emptiness of his ambition, and the self-aware self-hatred that accompanies it. Macbeth’s insomnia feels like a much more vital piece of the story here, perhaps because we almost never see the images that he sees when he’s struck by magic or hallucinations. There are also a few moments that point towards…

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