Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  🎵I want a creeperpotamus for Christmas
  Only a creeperpotamus will do
  I don't want a doll, no dinky Tinkertoy
  I want a creeperpotamus to play with and enjoy🎵

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  Nickel Boys 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Mar 2025

  That last shot absolutely destroyed me.

Popular reviews

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Dec 2024

  Introduced the DC premiere of the film in 70mm as part of the 37th AFI European Union Film Showcase.

  Remains an intellectually stimulating motion picture.

  Kudos to projectionist Andy Tamburino for a fantastic show!

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  Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 14 Jul 2023

  The film's banal talking head structure is at once its worst weakness and greatest strength. While not cinematically engaging at all, the fact that so many of the interviewees were the ones actually there gives it an undeniable gravitas. Perhaps this is a personal issue, given my dislike of talking heads (not the band, though) and love of Pink Floyd. I've read the nigh-legendary story of Syd Barret materializing at Abbey Roads during the recording sessions for Wish You Were…