Favorite films

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  The Last Unicorn 1982

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  A real animated parable of sorts. Unique art style  that blends old and new (for then) with dedication to both where appropriate. Great lessons about the value of innocence, joy, beauty, freedom, and the dangers of tyranny, repression, doubt, and greed.

  Love how the music was so Christopher cross coded lol

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  Megalopolis 2024

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 23 Mar 2025

  Second watch possible thank the Lord. Physical copy snagged and I value it like I value my Blonde vinyl. 

  This film, while not as moment to moment flawless to me upon a second watch, manages to maintain its greatness to me in how it completely eschews the ideas of maintaining suspension of disbelief in favor of message and visual substance to convey those messages. If it feels like it’s obviously a movie, why is that bad? If it’s obvious someone…

Popular reviews

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  Megalopolis 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 29 Sep 2024 3

  Megalopolis is truly an American fable that pushes against the limits of what film as a medium is capable of and in doing so creates an infinitely layered piece of examination, hope, and curiosity towards our American society that likely would itself have surviving significance in its fictional future of 3021. It’s the ultimate framing of the simple question, “What if?”

  Firstly, I think that it can’t be understated how special it is to be alive and at a good…

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  The Boy and the Heron 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 22 Oct 2023

  Very allegorical and beautiful in its infinitely deep symbolism. I think the film works in a very almost abstract way towards processing grief and learning to move towards new things and a very loving embracing of change.

  The attention to detail for human behavior, on a purely physical level, is wonderful, almost understanding people as animals in harmony with what makes us special. Visually on a whole other level throughout, splitting the screen time between impressionistic magic with a warmly…

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