Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  A Real Pain 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 28 Feb 2025

  A meditation on how the closest people can react to and be shaped by the same trauma in profoundly different ways. The statement this movie makes with just 90 minutes is remarkable.

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 28 Feb 2025

  Pure entertainment wrapped up in beautiful cinematography and tied together with exceptional casting. It’s a movie that dares you to resist its charm.

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  A Complete Unknown 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 27 Feb 2025

  The acting performances are the whole appeal of the movie. The plot feels like it’s missing an act, and the film feels hollow without a thesis guiding it.

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  The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes 2023

  ★★★ Watched 31 Dec 2024

  The first two acts surprised me in a good way. The last act didn’t land. The turn we knew was coming needed more room to breathe.

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