Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 2010

  Rewatched 21 Mar 2025 1

  Incredibly fun Rated Q screening. Loved every performer and had no idea I needed a Roxy/Ramona drag performance set to “All the Things She Said”.

  This thing looks good on 35mm. Still funny, still moves at a perfect pace, and everyone booed at “Scott Pilgrim was dating a high schooler.”

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  All the Real Girls 2003

  Rewatched 19 Mar 2025

  Sometimes I’m scared of myself. But I’m not scared with you. 

  An uncynical look at first love, at being on the cusp of adulthood, at figuring out who you want to be and who you can be and what you’re capable of and how the world shifts completely when you open up to someone else and how exhilarating and terrifying that is. 

  Always interesting to revisit a movie you first watched as a teen. I still like this, though maybe not as much as I used to. But I like the performances, its emotional core, and I think it looks great. Adore that opening scene.

Popular reviews

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  Crossing Delancey 1988

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Apr 2024

  Bubbe, I’m being wooed

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  Lust, Caution 2007

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 25 Jun 2024

  Q&A with Ang Lee

  Second time watching this, first time in a theater, and it’s such an obvious statement but that’s the way it’s meant to be seen. Just gorgeous. And I’m still completely struck by Tang Wei’s performance. And Tony…whew. 

  Incredible that Ang Lee made Brokeback Mountain and this back to back.