Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Night on Earth 1991

  ★★★ Rewatched 25 Aug 2024

  I'll take the New York, Paris and Rome sandwich, hold the LA and Helsinki. But can I get a side of Gena Rowlands?

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  Roman Holiday 1953

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Aug 2024

  This film time-traveled to steal Notting Hill's premise, right down to the scene where she addresses the press.

  Seriously though, gotta love an era where we didn't need the characters to end up together; it was enough that they'd changed each other's lives. Now Hollywood wrings every ounce of depth and reality out of rom-coms until they're limp and forgettable.

  This film could have used more pasta.

Popular reviews

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2024

  Pee first.

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  Tampopo 1985

  ★★★★★ Watched 08 Sep 2023

  I have misophonia and can’t stand the sounds of people kissing or eating — like, it makes me scream and claw my face off. But this movie is so delightful and such a brilliant love letter to food and hospitality that I just clench my teeth and wince quietly. That’s the highest praise I can give anything. I want to live in the world of this film. It’s like a hand roll of Marx Brothers wackiness + Proustian devotion to…

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