Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★★ Rewatched 23 Mar 2025

  Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu is more than just a tribute to the 1922 classic—it’s a creature of its own, crawling from the depths of cinematic horror with a hypnotic, nightmarish presence.

  Willem Dafoe might have stolen Shadow of the Vampire, but here, it’s Bill Skarsgård who vanishes completely into the role. He is unrecognisable, an unholy specter lurking in the film’s inky shadows, turning every frame into a living painting of dread.

  Speaking of shadows—Eggers wields them masterfully. A certain Count’s…

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  Lawless 2012

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Feb 2025

  I recently revisited Lawless, a 1930’s probation true tale based on the trials and tribulations of the infamous Bondurant bootlegging brothers. The film vividly captures the underground world of moonshine production, where backwoods ingenuity clashes with corrupt law enforcement in a high-stakes game of survival and power.

  The cinematography is striking—bold and bright. As our main protagonists cook up their rocket fuel moonshine, the audience is immersed into the sweltering heat of rural Virginia. Director John Hillcoat masterfully blends grit…

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  Unfrosted 2024

  ★ Watched 02 Feb 2025

  Well I’m not getting that 1 hour and 33 minutes back. 

  The film revolves around a race between Kellogg’s and Post to who can make the Pop Tart first…a plot like that and I didn’t see it coming! Shame on me. With so much Hollywood firepower you’d think it would be a smash hit, but obviously the ‘ammunition’ was just looking for a quick cash grab, not even Hugh Grant could save this soggy bowl of cinema crap. 

  It tries…

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  We Live in Time 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Jan 2025

  For weeks this film has occupied my brain and nothing else. Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh deliver performances that shows the audience what love is really all about-compassion, compromise, and care, deep deep care.

  I thought the fragmented narrative structure worked perfectly, weaving together the past and future as though we’re experiencing the story through a haze of memories. It doesn’t simply tell a love story-it immerses you in it, disorienting you in the best way and leaving you to…

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