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  • The Power of the Dog
  • La Chimera
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • House of Hummingbird

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  • Black Bag

    ★★★★

  • Opus

    ★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • Moonlight

    ★★★★★

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  • Female Trouble

    Female Trouble

    ★★★½

    Criterion Challenge 2023
    Week 47: 1970s
    21/52

    Extremely gross and dumb, but what else could I expect from a John Waters flick. I feel like there comes a point in his filmography where the shocking stuff isn't as shocking anymore and I got a lil bored (especially in the first half), but how novel can you get when you're doing dumb depraved shit on camera. I feel like trying to find meaning in this is kinda pointless (I'm probably taking…

  • On the Waterfront

    On the Waterfront

    ★★★★½

    Criterion Challenge 2025
    Week 6: John Turturro's Adventures in Moviegoing
    4/52

    "Shouldn't everybody care about everybody else?... Isn't everybody a part of everybody else?"

    This line came back to me during Terry's walk. The power of community, coming together and standing up for each other. Taking back power that belongs to you as both an individual and group. I really love this film, love Brando's performance and am OBSESSED with Bernstein's score. Though after learning about the real "purpose" of…

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★½

    by far my most anticipated movie of the year and to say i was a lil underwhelmed :/ i've realized that bong's english language films aren't really my thing, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying them and the themes and messages they convey

    rob is great obvi! and tbh i Really liked mark ruffalo in this idc if it was basically a trump impression i think he kinda killed it with the sleaze bag politician who's too dumb and foul tempered for his own sake (and the sake of others) kinda vibe And the creatures were actually very cute to me

  • Black Bag

    Black Bag

    ★★★★

    unexpected banger! wasn't really feeling the trailer for this, but decided to watch anyway and Major win for me cause i just found this soooo interesting and enticing! the Perfect lil 90 min spy flick

    i too would kill for my wife if she was cate blanchett

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  • La Chimera

    La Chimera

    ★★★★★

    when it comes to josh o'connor it's like the chicken or the egg conundrum. are all his films masterpieces because he stars in them or does he just pick reaaallly fucking good projects? i think BOTH!

    so far there's not a film that stars this man that hasn't spoken to my soul. i knew from the start i was gonna love this and all stylistic, musical, thematic choices were absolute perfection. and not to mention josh's performance!!! and isabella rosellini!!!!…

  • Rashomon

    Rashomon

    ★★★★

    Japanuary 2024
    Director: Akira Kurosawa
    1/10

    Film School Drop Outs 2023
    Week 51: Film Referenced in Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation (Book)
    16/52

    Interesting watch for sure! Now I can finally go 'hey 👉 I get that reference' whenever I watch something with unreliable narrators