Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Fat Tuesday 2018

  ★★★★½ Watched 30 Mar 2025

  If Sean Baker made a slasher (and I know he loves slashers) in his usual Cinéma vérité, it would have to be something like this. Great camera work (love the last kill in the glow of what I think are oil refineries) and natural performances make this a refreshing twist like last year’s In A Violent Nature.

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  McCurdy Point

  ★★★ Watched 30 Mar 2025

  Likable characters making bad decisions (willfully and against their will) in the deep Maine rural hellscape of bucolic lakes and quaint cottages. Here’s a little trivia from the directors’ Q&A: The centerpiece outhouse cost $500!

Popular reviews

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  Maurice's Bar 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Jun 2024

  Innovative animation style, like watching ripples in a puddle form and fade away and then form again.

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  SALEM: Midwest Side Story 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 07 Sep 2023

  How was Harmony Korine not involved with this band?