Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Zone of Interest 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 05 Apr 2024

  a tragically difficult watch. it’s very hard to do a war/nazi movie well, but i think this one pulled it off. 

  this story about a german family living just outside the walls of a concentration camp during the holocaust is visually beautiful, of course, as A24 films tend to be. they always do amazing work with color, composition, and framing, and zone of interest is no exception. everything is quite intentional and adds to the emotion and mood of the movie. …

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  mother! 2017

  ★★★½ Watched 06 Apr 2024

  horrifying, thank you!

  i’ve seen a lot of reviews saying that the metaphor was too obvious toward the end and was only there for shock value. i have to disagree.

  mother!, in my opinion, was a haunting and captivating retelling of biblical stories. the events unfolded so suddenly and with so much confusion that mother was hardly able to actually register what was going on in her home. of course this is all a metaphor for… well… mother earth. as…

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  Fear 1996

  ★★ Watched 09 Mar 2024

  mindless “thriller” movie. something to watch if you want a film that is a little stupid, but in the sort of charming 90s way.

  (young mark wahlberg lives in my dreams)

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  Whiplash 2014

  ★★★★★ Watched 10 Mar 2024

  i put off watching whiplash for a long time because i knew how much it would resonate — and i was right. 

  this film beautifully displays the horrors of being a true perfectionist and the impacts this behavior has on your physical, mental, and emotional health as well as on your relationships with others. 

  i’ve seen mixed reviews on the ending. i think it’s perfect (or close to it). it is difficult for some to understand andrew’s thought process as…

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