Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Idea of You 2024

  Watched 06 Jan 2025

  “you’re hot or whatever” sir that is anne hathaway and she’s absolutely gorgeous please use your words

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  Barbie 2023

  Watched 21 Jul 2023

  -this is the escapism that society needs in 2023
  -i was like ‘why am i crying so much?’ and then i remembered greta gerwig was the one that did mommy issues in lady bird
  -watching this with an LA crowd was special to me
  -everything simu liu has done has led up to this role
  -if ryan gosling doesn’t win an oscar for this role and accept the award as Ken, by god i will riot
  -“tell him you haven’t seen The Godfather”

Popular reviews

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  The End of the Tour 2015

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Apr 2015

  Viewed @ Ebertfest 2015

  At first, you think: Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace? Jesse Eisenberg as David Lipsky? What will this be, a campy biopic? The answer is: absolutely not. Based off of Lipsky’s accurate portrayal of Wallace, The End of the Tour is, above all, strikingly honest. The cinematography, supplied by Jakob Ihre (Oslo, August 31st; Lola Versus), is largely comprised of natural light; the film’s plentiful humor is steeped in authentic interactions and realizations (as well as…

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  Girlhood 2014

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Apr 2015

  Viewed @ Ebertfest 2015

  At the same time that it portrays characters rarely seen in cinema, Girlhood transcends all geographic and racial boundaries and speaks to the true experience of teenage girlhood and the strong female bonds formed within it. While a festival hiccup caused the original DCP print to be sent without subtitles (the audience viewed a backup online version), the visuals of this film -- bold colors, costumes, groupings vs. isolations -- would have more than sufficed to convey its point. Along with Water Lilies and Tomboy, Girlhood can well be considered the final presentation in Céline Sciamma's unofficial film trilogy.