Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  La Chimera 2023

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 26 Mar 2025

  i love me a second watch because I feel like first watch I am always having an out of body metaphysical experience of pure and utter joy and then….second watch. Mystic. I’m Sherlock going to crack the case. This movie rocks more on a second watch. Bitch am I stupid or did I not realize that was Isabella Rossellini?!?!!!!! Gagged. Someone needs to revoke my film bro membership badge for that one tho.

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  Between the Lines 1977

  ★★★★½ Watched 26 Mar 2025

  any time I find a woman director that’s newish to me I am always and I mean always shocked at how ahead of time the films are. Joan Micklin Silver is a delightful, charmingly feminist, deeply moving and combining the 80s romcom with the film works of the greats like hitchcock & varda. A part which is intangled with romance and tradition and the other with independence/freedom of expression. It’s tender and bitter like a baked orange. If you have ever had a grandma who was really into making potpourri, you know the sensation I’m rocking with. All this to say, I’m into it.

Popular reviews

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  10 Things I Hate About You 1999

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 23 Mar 2025

  i want to flash heath ledger, not exactly what happens in the movie but just in case anyone was curious

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  La Chimera 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  very varda, very the descent yet so original. this is an amazing accomplishment in film you guys!  Like if you think “omg gia sure does love movies…” yeah I do and specifically this one. I’m basically as blown away as I can be on a Saturday night.This movie has never been done before and the way that it tells the story both through the style of the movie through the shots and also through the actual narrative of the story—it’s…