James Brennan

James Brennan

Favorite films

  • The Apartment
  • Tokyo Sonata
  • Babylon
  • City of God

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  • Koyaanisqatsi

    ★★★★½

  • Adolescence

    ★★★★½

  • Black Mirror: Striking Vipers

    ★★★

  • Black Mirror: Smithereens

    ★★★

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  • Koyaanisqatsi

    Koyaanisqatsi

    ★★★★½

    Beautiful

  • A Want in Her

    A Want in Her

    ★★★★

    “Go to sleep, perchance dream”

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  • Tapping the Wire

    Tapping the Wire

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Wire Season 1-5

    This is easily the greatest show I’ve ever seen (and miles better than the massively overrated Breaking Bad).

    All of the characters are more or less 10/10, with my favourites being Omar, McNulty, Dukie, Deangelo, Bubbles, Kima and the city of Baltimore, which is a character in itself. I particularly love the character arcs of Bubs, Cutty and Prez.

    Each season of The Wire has something new to offer as it switches its focus…

  • Inside Llewyn Davis

    Inside Llewyn Davis

    ★★★★½

    This film really blew me away. The Coen Brothers are two of my favourite directors working today and they did not disappoint with this. Oscar Isaac gives one of his best performances of his career (from what I’ve seen of him) and Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund and Robin Bartlett are fantastic too! The original music is great, as it usually is with the Coens. I loved the green and brown colour grading as it suited the aesthetic of 60s New York. Highly recommended.