Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Color of Money 1986

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Nov 2023 1

  Newman causally giving another all-timer performance her portraying fast Eddy's midlife crisis, acting justifiably appalled by the 80s and his own complictness in the stuff that appalls him. Cruise is pretty good too as a racist Jimmy Neutron. No way Patrick Tam and Wong Kar Wai didn't eat this shit up

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  Eat the Document 1972

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Nov 2023

  Obvious comparison, but Dylan’s A Hard Days Night actually really fits here. Pennebaker’s claim that Dylan doesn’t know the rules seems just plain wrong. Dylan’s definitely thinking about the camera as a tool, especially in relation to the direct cinema movement that birthed Don't Look Back, and he's also thinking about narrative structure, that's why the Lennon cameo near the end is so fantastic and hilarious. Watching the Like a Rolling Stone scene made me hear the empathy in that song better than I ever have before

Popular reviews

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  Poor Things 2023

  ★★ Watched 26 Dec 2023 1

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  The Love Eterne 1963

  ★★★★½ Watched 22 Oct 2023 9

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.