Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Suspiria 2018

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 10 Mar 2025

  I have an adaptation to pitch to Mr. Guadagnino.

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  Puzzle of a Downfall Child 1970

  Watched 31 Jan 2025

  Should be watched before Jaws, if you’re a real cinephile at least.

Popular reviews

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  JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass 2021

  Watched 29 Dec 2022 5

  Naturally Oliver Stone was going to turn at least part of the documentary into a hagiography of JFK given the angle of his initial biopic. That is understandable. Moreover he leaves most of the JFK praise until the end, after an amazingly clear and thorough review of the evidence pointing towards a conspiracy to kill the president orchestrated by the CIA and other allied federal agencies. I am only disappointed because the doc falls one absolutely incendiary detail short of…

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  Irma Vep 1996

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Sep 2020 3

  I’ve seen barely any French cinema but this expressed exactly what I assume is going on over there. Seeing Maggie Cheung kill this makes me want to rewatch In the Mood for Love.

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