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Favorite films

  • Climax
  • The Princess Bride
  • Princess Mononoke
  • Nitrate Kisses

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  • eXistenZ

    ★★½

  • In a Year with 13 Moons

    ★★★★

  • Wild at Heart

    ★★★★½

  • Universal Language

    ★★★★

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  • eXistenZ

    eXistenZ

    ★★½

    Let me lick your BioPort bro it’s what my character would do

  • In a Year with 13 Moons

    In a Year with 13 Moons

    ★★★★

    In A Year With 13 Moons is yet another powerful work by Fassbinder and his crew. Forever a master of capturing uncertainty and insecurity, Fassbinder draws the audience into Elvira’s subjectivity, only to juggle us between close-ups, long shots, and meandering moments of storytelling that feel like being shoved out of the diegesis. Elvira as a character is incredibly challenging, both as a whole being and as a trans woman. She is shown as having “no psychological reason” for transitioning,…

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  • Universal Language

    Universal Language

    ★★★★

    Blunt, hilarious, and brimming with a sense of humanistic enquiry that catapults the film from one territory to another entirely of its own. Seemingly drawing from fellow Winnipegger Guy Maddin and the stylings of Wes Anderson, Universal Language uses its frank outlook on life and precise, directional cinematography to create a warm, labyrinthine world while Rankin (the film’s IRL director and self-insert main character) embarks on a journey to reunite with his Mother where the Red and the Assiniboine meet.

  • The Room Next Door

    The Room Next Door

    ★★★★½

    I wanna get my only gripe out of the way first. The writing at the beginning is a little stilted. It’s very hand-hold-y, but serves its purpose and all the great performances help cover it up. Now to the good stuff. Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore both absolutely kill it and give the strongest elder lesbian vibes ever. They are kind and loving and their personalities clash in a way that doesn’t get old. Almodovar’s use of color is, as…

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