Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift 2006

  ★★★★ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025

  A jolt to the senses.

  This movie is beautifully shot, filled with stunning colors, epic driving sequences, and loud. It is so damn loud. I loved it.

  This movie on 35mm looked absolutely gorgeous.

  This is a film you simply experience.
  And everyone should experience in theaters once.

  What a cult classic this has become! People were losing their minds at the ridiculousness of this film. When the car drifts through Shibuya Crossing, the audio… the visual… the crowd just…

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  Routemaster 1999

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025 1

  EPIC. Honestly need more gritty and aggressive stuff like this. Really fried our brains with this before we jumped in to the feature presentation.

Popular reviews

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  Emilia Pérez 2024

  ★ Watched 20 Oct 2024

  Once again…If you are going to do a musical you need to commit to doing a musical. Do not give me these half-assed garbage songs.

  Additionally, this film is ugly and looked like some 2010s gang film my roommates would watch in college.

  I do not want this film anywhere near the LGBT community. I rebuke this.

  CIFF #8

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  Nightbitch 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Oct 2024 1

  “It called, and you answered.”

  Another special film about the horrors of being divorced from your art. 

  So yes, I cried and loved it.

  Amy Adams is an absolute force of nature in this film. She is witty, smart, and - most importantly - ferocious as she undergoes the scary transformation of motherhood.

  Presented by Chicago International Film Festival
  Marielle Heller in attendance and will receive the Festival's Visionary Award

  CIFF 9

  I got to chat with Marielle after the…