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lover of the odd and the surreal

Favorite films

  • Poor Things
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
  • Paprika
  • In the Mood for Love

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  • Emilia Pérez

    ★★

  • Anora

    ★★★★½

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★

  • Anora

    ★★★★

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  • Emilia Pérez

    Emilia Pérez

    ★★

    Am I even allowed to rate this if I gave up half-way through?

  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

    A Complete Unknown took me by surprise — I liked it more than I expected. Timothée Chalamet gives a strong performance, though I wouldn’t call it Oscar-worthy. Still, his Dylan accent was spot-on in its perfect level of annoyance (truly, hats off for that), and I was genuinely impressed by his singing.

    More than anything, this film captured something really beautiful about musical intimacy — how sharing a song with someone can be as revealing as baring your soul. The…

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  • Queer

    Queer

    ★★★★½

    BFI LFF #5

    what the fuck…??? my brain is literally short-circuiting while i try to write this review. all i can say for sure is that some of y'all are going to absolutely despise this film; its fucking weird, especially if you’re a stranger to surrealism and came in expecting a cute queer love story (like i did by bringing along my literal 15-year-old sister, my mom is going to annihilate me for letting her see this). PSA: this is…

  • Twin Peaks

    Twin Peaks

    ★★★★★

    Seasons 1 & 2. 

    In honor of Lynch I’ve been rewatching the entire series and supplementing it with all the books. Season 1 and 2 are even more spectacular than I remembered from the first time around, perhaps made even better by reading Laura Palmer’s diary between the seasons. Next up, Dale Cooper’s autobiography and FWWM. 

    This is without a doubt one of the best television shows ever made. David Lynch, your legacy will live on forever.