Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Autumn Sonata 1978

  Watched 05 Apr 2021

  Wow this is an incredible film. The dialogue speaks straight to the heart about the lack of affection between mother and daughter, parent and child, something I can see in my own life. It’s a heavy burden to love my parents when I expect so much more affection back, but only God can fulfill those expectations. I love the dialogue in this film, so many gold nuggets of truths, like when Eva is setting the dinner table, and when she…

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  Taste of Cherry 1997

  Watched 01 Oct 2020

  I had so many thoughts during this film, which is why I love all those quiet moments in the car, they gave me room to think what the character might be thinking. I love how it starts off, with the laborers, and then moving to the one random guy who hates him, and then to the other poor man who looks out for his own family. In that first sequence, we see what's so wrong with the world. After the…

Recent reviews

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  Persona 1966

  Rewatched 31 Dec 2021

  My last film I watched last year was the Kurosawa film I had seen. Now I’m doing the same with Bergman. And yet, after watching all his features, I still only have the slightest grasp of this film. I can only really relate Vogler and Alma’s relationship to that of how people want to be the perfect selves on social media. The truth is, that perfect image does not exist, it only wants to study you, to be above you,…

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  Hilda and the Mountain King 2021

  Watched 30 Dec 2021

  The answer is empathy. I love how this show can explain such tensions about the after affects of colonization to a point kids can understand and process what they are seeing happen in the world today. And it’s still a very calming and beautiful show to watch.

Popular reviews

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  Sound of Metal 2019

  Watched 16 Dec 2020

  This is an excellent movie! I love how it uses sound artfully, and to represent this community. I love the themes: content with the silence, but also with life and how it continues to move as we figure out who we are in life. I love the message of finding home and how relationships are what define home, and the healing that is brought out of that struggle. Also love that little nod to Kiki's Delivery Service :) This is a very beautiful film!

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  Proxima 2019

  Watched 07 Nov 2020 1

  This film is so great! I love the focus on Sarah's identities as a mother and as an astronaut. This film did a great job at making me empathize with her struggles and successes in both these identities. I love the coloring of this film. I love how the premise is used in relation to the shots of nature and the mundane things in life because, knowing she won't be seeing them for much longer, I empathize how the things…