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Favorite films

  • Farewell My Concubine
  • Ikiru
  • Raging Bull
  • On the Waterfront

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  • Showgirls

    ★★★★

  • The Ascent

  • Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

    ★★★★½

  • Claire's Knee

    ★★★½

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  • Showgirls

    Showgirls

    ★★★★

    imagine writing off a movie because it shows its teeth through sexuality and fearlessness? you hate this - u boring as hell

  • The Ascent

    The Ascent

    WW2 movies are never fun. It’s not in their nature; in fact, war movies are either stories of triumph over tragedy or stories of just tragedy. I guess that’s what makes films about the most devastating period of global history so appealing: the universality of knowing that the good guys won, removing the years of colonialism and infighting in the years that follow. The problem is just because history looks fondly on these heroes who saved those dismantled the forces…

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  • Good Morning

    Good Morning

    ★★★★½

    Aside from its anti-capitalist undertones and dissections of human conversation, the movie excels in its simplicity. Endearing and light-hearted to be sure, but in my opinion, I find the way the film frames shots to be the real storyteller. So many conversational angles to then cut now we're a fly on the wall then back to being on the level of the kids in the film. Good Morning excels not only as a family-comedy, but also in how the viewer…

  • The Wizard of Oz

    The Wizard of Oz

    ★★★★½

    watched this with my grandma and it was a lot of fun seeing her revisit a movie from her childhood. the movie itself is technically so impressive, but this time it had became one of my favorite movie memories. i love you emmie.