Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Bottoms 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Aug 2023

  LET’S DO TERRORISM

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  La La Land 2016

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 11 Jun 2023

  I’ve seen this movie about 10 times now and I’ll never get over the audition scene. Emma Stone is impossibly good as Mia! Love love love love

Popular reviews

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  Hush! 2001

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Jan 2023

  “If only, someone had really hugged me to death just once, when I was little, I don’t think I’d have turned out this way.”

  For a film centered so much around loneliness, it somehow feels so affectionate and tender. I was afraid it would trivialize homosexual relationships but it did nothing of the sort. Hashiguchi only reaffirmed the strength of our friendships and camaraderie. I can see Hush! becoming a comfort movie for me, and I’m sure I will rewatch it sometime soon. It was near perfect.

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  Shoplifters 2018

  ★★★★★ Watched 09 Jan 2023

  I was hesitant to watch this movie because the premise didn’t sound like something I’d enjoy. But I watched it anyway for Kore-eda. And I’m so glad I did. Shoplifting felt so familiar and serene despite the titular subject. (Only Kore-eda could make a film about crime feel like a warm hug). The chosen family narrative is what made me fall in love with this movie. There are too many amazing and heartbreaking scenes for me to recount in this review,…