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Definitive list of favorite films here

Favorite films

  • The Beast
  • The Brutalist
  • I Saw the TV Glow
  • Evil Does Not Exist

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  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    ★★★★

  • Emilia Pérez

    ★★½

  • Sing Sing

    ★★★★½

  • Mirror

    ★★★★½

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  • Brick

    Brick

    ★★★★

    These high schoolers look like they’re 30 and talk like they’re 70

  • Her

    Her

    ★★★★★

    Many things in this movie have aged beautifully, but none of them quite as well as the Chris Pratt jump scare.

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  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

    ★★★★

    Had the Black and Chrome version on in the background of my flight today without sound. Almost works better that way, looked fucking great in black and white. Some truly inspired filmmaking in here, and I think one day we’re gonna look back and be confused that this wasn’t celebrated upon release.

  • Emilia Pérez

    Emilia Pérez

    ★★½

    I’m glad Karla Sofia Gascon’s tweets made sure this won’t win best picture, but when your expectations are in the toilet, the movie itself could have been worse…

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★★

    Better than the godfather, probably

  • The Zone of Interest

    The Zone of Interest

    ★★★★★

    Guy next to me let out an audible “Jesus Christ” as the credits started rolling. That about sums it up. 

    The art house flares throughout this are SO rattling when juxtaposed with such static realism, making them some of the most effective cinematic choices I can remember in a long time. The score was also absolutely perfect.

    I listened to an interview with Glazer, and he talked about how he and the head of sound wandered the real world searching…