Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Magnolia 1999

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 26 Mar 2025

  Skipped surlivor to watch this in theaters. So worth it. Sorry Jeff

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  Late Spring 1949

  ★★★★★ Watched 25 Mar 2025

  My favorite Ozu so far!

  His ability to present universal human emotions is unmatched — he’s always focused on love and loss and grief and despair and hope within families. Setsuko Hara’s smile and acting is incredible. 

  (Also the two short scenes with the baseball kid were hilarious)

Popular reviews

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  Zodiac 2007

  ★★★★½ Watched 03 Nov 2023 1

  Barrett was very annoyed the day he found out I had never seen Zodiac. Maybe he’ll be my friend now.

  Shoutout to Toschi for taking the tomato off the BLT and to Graysmith for answering the question, “what do you do for fun?” with “I love to read and I enjoy books.” Sounds like something Charlie would say. 

  Also, the lake scene messed me up.

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  Whiplash 2014

  ★★★★★ Watched 15 Sep 2023 2

  Introduced Whiplash to some of my students today! I was kind of nervous beforehand that they wouldn’t like it and I’d have to quit my job. 

  They liked it and we had a fun discussion about ambition, where the music folder ended up, and how awesome the shot is of Andrew sticking his bloody hand in the bucket of ice. This movie rules. Better than La La Land?? Prolly not. But maybe.

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