Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Landscape in the Mist 1988

  ★★★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  in the midst of my loneliness i encountered this mortal angel.

  home i could never be.

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  Eternity and a Day 1998

  Watched 05 Mar 2025

  gliding camera interweaving memories and imaginations

  space becomes time
  time becomes space

  mesmerizing

Popular reviews

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  BPM (Beats per Minute) 2017

  ★★★½ Watched 23 Oct 2017

  “Most early deep house tracks were in the 116-122 bpm range. 120 was the average. But it’s a kind of slow tempo that defeats the high-energy people expect on a dancefloor. I like that about it. This kind of atmosphere in which people look at each other, and the empty dance floor, and ask, "Is it okay to dance?” It’s not this fascistic high-energy shit that orders you to dance. It’s not lounge music that denies you a dance. It then becomes about the dancers self-activation." -- Terre Thaemlitz

  Is it just me or does this quotation become instantly metaphorical in the context of the film?

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  Columbus 2017

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Dec 2018

  Jin: You said this is one of your favorite buildings.
  Casey: It is.
  Jin: Why?
  Casey: It's one of the first modernist banks in the United States.
  Jin: No, no, that can't be it. Do you like this building intellectually...because of all the facts?
  Casey: No... I'm also moved by it.
  Jin: Yes, yes, tell me about that. What moves you?
  Casey: I thought you hated architecture.
  Jin: I do, but I'm interested in what moves you particularly about a…