Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019

  ★★★½ Added

  I really enjoyed this one. Very sweet and very bitter love story. It makes me wish the world was different.

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  Cooley High 1975

  ★★★½ Added

  Fun movie! The soundtrack is killer.

Popular reviews

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  Memories of Matsuko 2006

  ★★★★½ Added

  Tetsuya Nakashima’s epic, Memories of Matsuko, is a spectacular film filled to the rim with amazing shots, brilliant editing and wonderful storytelling. Nakashima densely layers themes of family, abandonment, coming-of-age and others into a frenetic, dramatic and often very funny musical that benefits greatly from multiple viewings. Setups and payoffs are expertly executed, the mystery unravels perfectly-- stringing the viewer along with a steady set of hooks and reveals. The repeated visual themes and metaphors are what gives Memories most…

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  Burning 2018

  ★★ Added

  A Korean remake of Rian Johnson's Brick where nothing happens for the first hour and 30 minutes.

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