Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Ali 2001

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Jul 2024

  Everything is music.

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  The Long Voyage Home 1940

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Apr 2024

  Existentialism on the high seas. Arguably the two best artists in their respective crafts, Toland and Ford manufacture such an incredible atmosphere and mood. The deep focus black and white photography is imbued with immaculate, detailed and precise staging. The manner in which Toland’s profound and chiaroscuro photography complements and deepens Ford’s trademark American humanism is truly special.

Popular reviews

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  Sully 2016

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Jul 2017

  "It's been a while since New York had news this good... especially with an airplane in it."

  Jon Ronson wrote a book titled, "So You've Been Publicly Shamed." It sought to expose a vicious proclivity in the hive mind of indignant masses. While Sully is hardly shamed in the eyes of the public, the same can't be said of the NTSB or the media; inclined as it is to service tension and forge doubt even in those having directly participated…

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  Canyon Passage 1946

  ★★★★★ Watched 10 May 2017

  Easily one of the best Westerns I've ever seen, CANYON PASSAGE is elegant, intricate, nuanced and just phenomenally crafted. The writing is as vibrant as the Pacific Northwest colors that embolden the environs. At once masterfully low key and simmering with wanderlust and unrealized romance, CANYON PASSAGE derives much of its drama from questions of an existential nature. What does "home" mean in the era of burgeoning metropolises? Competing theories play out side by side as homesteaders find their "home"…