Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Triangle of Sadness 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2023

  This movie has a clear 3 act structure laid out for the audience, with each act placing our characters in a different environment. Each new environment resets and re-introduces the characters in a different socio-economic setting, and subsequently our characters struggle with each other…lots of shitty situations (lol). Of course the movie doesn’t hide its satirical commentary on social class, but I do think the satyr (which I love so much) clashes with the third act. With the exception of…

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  Stutz 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 31 Jan 2023

  Stutz gets a “good review pass” because it has something other films sometimes lack: the strength of originality. Especially when testing Stutz on its form & purpose, Stutz passes with flying colors.

  Form, looking at the genre & structure of a film: Stutz has a unique take on the documentary genre. Stutz himself is the subject — our titular, unexpected hero, typical of a documentary — that the film is fixated on, despite the fact that we don’t learn too much about…

Popular reviews

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  Dune 2021

  ★★½ Added

  Oh my GOD, how is this film favored? I got letterboxd just to make my case here. We are DROPPED in the middle of a story with 0 context, 0 care for the audience, and 0 skill in developing exposition throughout the story. "Dune" forgets about telling a story. It's like watching white noise.

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  Krisha 2015

  ★★★★★ Added

  Absolutely one of my favorite films of all time, this movie's level of "personal" makes other films look like a joke. Trey Edward Shults's first film is his masterpiece, as he (without spoiling) uses the theme of "too close to home" to cope with his feelings about family tragedy, alcoholism, and self-destruction in a profoundly unique & cinematic way. The score is a revelation, proving that a movie needs its sound. The camera work follows closely behind Terrence Malick, as the…