Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  2012 2009

  ★★★★ Rewatched 23 Dec 2024

  Ages like a fine wine

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  The Substance 2024

  ★½ Watched 19 Sep 2024

  I think films should sometimes try to say less, or at least say what they're trying to say less frequently and with a hint of restraint, rather than bludgeoning my face into a bloody pulp against the mirror that is being held up to society.

Popular reviews

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  The First Lad 1959

  ★½ Watched 26 Jun 2024 1

  Watching this after watching The Colour of Pomegranates is sort of like listening to Mozart for the first time and then finding out he also wrote the Crazy Frog.

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★ Watched 26 Jul 2023

  When I first heard about this movie my immediate thought was that it would be a crass, consumerist piece of shit that would layer liberal social politics and a splash of primary colours on a boring story to sell more stuff we don't need. Then over the course of a year of marketing and an online campaign of positivity, my pessimism softened and I slowly joined the ranks of those committed to (if not excited about) seeing this movie in…