Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Chungking Express 1994

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 08 Apr 2023 6

  And suddenly, all’s right with the world

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  Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time 2021

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 16 May 2022 5

  If you’re planning on going into Neon Genesis Evangelion and this franchise as a whole blind, it’s probably best if you stop reading and come back later. 

  It would be disingenuous of me to say that I find this to be flawless. On every watch of this film, I’m able to pick out all those things that don’t really work. Some of the animation looks a little off, there’s a boatload of exposition delivered throughout the entire experience, and even…

Recent reviews

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 02 Mar 2025

  I didn’t expect these elderly cardinals to be the juiciest characters of the year, but my goodness, this is way too fun. What a bunch of drama queens; I was hooked from beginning to end!

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  I'm Still Here 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 28 Feb 2025

  So steeped in setting and atmosphere; one of those great movies in which you live among the characters and their troubles, and the film’s ambiance makes it so easy to fall into its groove before becoming an utter emotional wallop. Torres gives one of the best performances of the year— a quiet and contemplative work that really sells the deep pain simmering within her. She’s what makes the movie’s harbored darkness that much more evocative. There’s little harder than the…

Popular reviews

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  Violet Evergarden 2018

  ★★★★½ Watched 31 Oct 2021 22

  "I want to know. 'I love you.' I want to know what it means."

  It's a question proposed in the very first episode. What does "I love you" mean? I don't know about you, but people I know say it all the time - to family, friends, partners, etc. But what do they mean when they say that? I almost expected the show to give me a straightforward answer, but by the end, I didn't need it. By going through…

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  Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 30 Mar 2022 16

  Everything you’ve heard is true. 

  I’d call this a miracle work, but I think that would be inconsiderate of how controlled and thought through this is. Despite how insane this gets - and trust me, it gets very weird - the Daniels know exactly what they’re doing. It’s a vision unlike anything I have ever seen or even thought of, and it knows that. So it used every trick up its sleeve, and uses them really well. Match cuts, martial…