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Favorite films

  • Singin' in the Rain
  • All That Jazz
  • Mirror
  • The Young Girls of Rochefort

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  • The Help

    ★★★

  • Secrets & Lies

    ★★★★

  • Adolescence

    ★★★★½

  • Marty

    ★★★½

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

    A beautifully shot American epic about what America *really* means against the promise of what it *should* mean.

  • Queer

    Queer

    ★★★★½

    In some ways Lynchian at times, I really enjoyed it. I felt like Frank at the end of The Always Sunny Episode as the credits rolled on this with the “I get it” meme. 

    I have so much to discuss but for me, this was great. Daniel Craig a true standout too. There’s a point in this film where he communicates so much through just his face. Superb.

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  • The Help

    The Help

    ★★★

    A team up between Viola Davis and Emma Stone is generational acting talent together.

    Unfortunately I’m not sure I think a film that addresses race issues through a predominantly white perspective is revolutionary (and arguably somewhat offensive). I don’t think it does the latter (like Green Book does), but I don’t think this movie moves the needle (like something like Nickel Boys and many others do).

  • Secrets & Lies

    Secrets & Lies

    ★★★★

    The performances of EVERYONE in this are sublime!

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  • Tatami

    Tatami

    ★★★★

    This was truly excellent. One of the best things I’ve watched released this year. It keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout. A poignant social commentary focused on the current situation in Iran - nevertheless, the commentary ultimately extends worldwide about how powerful men try to control women’s bodies (abortion in US rings to mind). I’ve never felt so angry in a theatre - wanting to punch the Iranian diplomat in the face. It’s horrifying what women in…

  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    ★★★★½

    Phenomenal. Episode 3 is a 5/5 masterpiece.