Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Married to the Mob 1988

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Feb 2025

  Demme has a deft hand on this movie. I find his ability to blend comic absurdity and just plain silliness with substantive and poignant moments of class and gendered struggles remarkable (much like Something Wild, and maybe better). His grassroots humanism shines through when she gets to Manhattan, which is something I love most about the more lighthearted Demme joints.

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  The Bridges of Madison County 1995

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Feb 2025

  So beautifully understated and poignant. A true adult romance that ignores that pitfalls of plot and drama. Perhaps Streep's best performance.

Popular reviews

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  Sicario 2015

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 10 Sep 2024 1

  Every time I watch this film, it reaffirms that this is my favorite Villeneuve. Cold, brutal, and unsparing, and Deakins' cinematography makes those feelings inescapably loom in every single scene.

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  Megalopolis 2024

  ★★★ Watched 05 Oct 2024

  God damn it. What a silly movie. But stripping all of its reflection of The Room, all of its egregious exposition and over explanation, and shaking off my own jaded cynicism, I agree with everything he has to say about art. Deep down I want to feel this way and floating in Coppola’s silliness got me there. It’s an absolute mess, and I’ll agree with pretty much every critique lobbied at this film. But the heart of it shines through and I’m here for it.

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