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Recent reviews

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  On Becoming a Guinea Fowl 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Phenomenal lead actresses. The use of darkness and cramped (and often wet!) spaces perfectly paired with the sinking feeling I felt through the whole movie. Genuinely revolting and outrage-inducing despite very little direct conflict or on-screen violence. The movie has a lot to say about patriarchy, class, and families — and it does it effectively and economically. Also: the ending is so good!

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 28 Dec 2024

  My third Eggers film. Immaculate vibes, costumes, and visuals. Great performances. The story didn’t blow me away, but I suppose faithfulness to the source material may be partially to blame.

Popular reviews

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  The Host 2006

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Sep 2024

  Much more black comedy and less horror than I expected, but a highly entertaining watch nonetheless! Great monster and (unsurprisingly for the director), cutting political commentary.

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  National Anthem 2023

  ★★ Watched 24 Jul 2024

  Amazing music from Perfume Genius, lovely vibes and imagery too. What holds the movie back is a lackluster plot and an odd disconnection from the world it is depicting. Rather than lean fully into the dreamlike qualities of the movie’s beginning, or some of the tension from the midpoint, the movie’s plot meanders around a love triangle and low-stakes (and confusingly resolved) family tension. Even when characters are in nominally dire straits, the stakes feel low — an odd choice…

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