Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Jul 2024

  date approx w/didge.

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  The Second Mother 2015

  ★★★★ Watched 30 May 2024

  Jessica, only child, Pernambuco, Brazil

Popular reviews

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  Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Oct 2022

  How often do filmmakers step out of their shell and tell stories from another shell's shoes?

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  First Reformed 2017

  ★★★★½ Watched 26 Sep 2022

  First Reformed channels unassumingly beautiful existential dread, set in a parish where the walls of one's moral circles and groundedness come caving in. The film is a lesson in character development. It's also film that only A24 would have had the guts to make. Getting characters to rehearse climate stats while not producing Don't Look Up 2 seems challenging, but Schrader has managed to use this metaphorical melting iceberg to dive deep into the angst and woes that beset us…