Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Blacksmith 1922

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  insanely ahead of its time. maybe not as good as other buster two-reelers, but still great.

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  Shockproof 1949

  ★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  this film is the ☝️🤓plot-cel’s☝️🤓 worst nightmare. what Sirk and co. grasp here is that the best noir is usually accompanied by an incoherent plot. it’s executed with precision, all the shadows and performances and femme fatales are where they should be. but it revises some of the establishments of noir as well, daring its main character to be so utterly detestable. great film that you should watch despite the reviews on here.

Popular reviews

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  Chinatown 1974

  ★ Watched 14 Jan 2024 2

  god fucking dammit. haven’t seen this since i was like 16, well before i knew anything about polanski. upon returning to it, im left with little more than a bitter taste in my mouth, one that is only amplified by how good this film is. i love everything about it on paper, nicholson and dunaway have such perfect chemistry and the film looks beautiful at every turn. the editing is so solid and the score so poignant that it only…

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  Infinity Pool 2023

  ★★★ Watched 28 Jan 2023

  solid as hell! not as good as brandon’s possessor imo but obviously mia goth and alex skarsgard knock this out of the park in their own ways. loved the deviation from practical effects, the building of the body double scene looked like a new code orange music video lmao. brandon cronenburg has the similar high concept-ness of his father with a bit more flash, sometimes it’s a bit much but the moral quandaries presented are genuinely interesting and not merely vapid plot devices.

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