Forest

Forest

A selective fan of: colors, shapes (lines too), things, movies, and words.

Favorite films

  • Barton Fink
  • Raising Arizona
  • A Town Called Panic
  • Isle of Dogs

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  • Bingo

  • Minari

    ★★★★

  • The Royal Tenenbaums

    ★★★★★

  • Dead Man

    ★★★★

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  • Bingo

    Bingo

    Bingo (1991) is nothing short of a cinematic tour de force, a crowning achievement in the pantheon of film. Matthew Robbins, in what is undoubtedly his magnum opus, delivers a work so audacious, so brimming with genius, that one cannot help but feel he is gently parading his brilliance before us.

    The plot—if one can reduce such a meticulously woven tapestry to so simplistic a term—is a masterclass in narrative ambition. The pacing is deliberate, almost glacial. How else could…

  • Minari

    Minari

    ★★★★

    David just like me, I hope. I like his outfits and sunny disposition.

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  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    ★★★★½

    I was 8: but a babe in the eyes of the law, but luckily not to my father. We went to see 2001 at the local Cinemark North Haven, a request built upon misguided preteen whimsy and capitalistic marketing. Oh, the fallicy of it all!
    My father, having gotten his first day off from the business consulting firm in months, must've been exhausted. Of course I only see this now as a father myself-- yet another classique example of the…

  • Flushed Away

    Flushed Away

    Was this a film I was expecting to watch alone on a Thursday evening? No, not exactly. But, as it so often turns out, some of life's most unexpected moments are also the most thrilling.

    To William: You may have noticed Flushed Away briefly returning to your 'continue watching' and, approximately 84 minutes later, you may have noticed it depart once more. My apologies for any confusion.

    To Olivia: I did not mean to ignore your texts, but sometimes, when…

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