Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  An Autumn's Tale 1987

  ★★★★★ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  These motherfuckers are SOOOOO CHINESE it drives me INSANE!!!!
  You sick fucks, you absolute masochists. Why would they do this. 

  Five stars. No questions asked.

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  I found this movie so absolutely precious. It’s such an optimistic portrait of America, the kind my grandparents fought into existence through sheer will. 

  There are streets where they filmed that I recognize now, signs still exactly the same. It reminds me of so many places back home that I love.
  And there’s so…

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025 2

  Honestly a tough watch. Such good performances, a stellar premise. Loved R Pat. But I really feel like this fell apart in the edit. So many interesting ideas that just never pulled together. 

  The film felt unwieldy in a way that I don’t expect from Bong. Felt like such a lack of direction and control. Wish I liked it more than I did.

Popular reviews

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  Megalopolis 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 24 Sep 2024 2

  Before my grandfather died, we would gather around the table and listen to him speak. He would share stories from his youth and his time in the service and how he met my grandmother. He’d talk about philosophies that guided him and exhort each of us according to our position in life. Sometimes he would ramble or be cringe or lose his train of thought, and other times I was so transfixed by what he had to say that I…

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★ Watched 12 Jan 2025 3

  I will first acknowledge the beauty
  It was beautiful. It was stunning. There were shots, particularly in the prologue, that made me gasp. So great to see a movie like this at a packed out AFI screening. 

  I will then acknowledge the craft
  The way they made this movie under $10 million? Amazing. The camera is well positioned to hide this fact and the pacing is swift; I never felt the runtime. 

  I will now talk about… my problem………..
  If…