Jeremy

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just another smooth-brained monkey with WiFi

Favorite films

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Oslo, August 31st
  • Yi Yi
  • Broker

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  • Chocolat

    ★★★

  • I'm Still Here

    ★★★★½

  • The Adventures of Tintin

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★½

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  • Citizenfour

    Citizenfour

    ★★★★★

    data always has a human component. someone maintains the undersea cables transmitting petabytes across continents. someone queries the database with your date of birth, mother's maiden name, gender identity, favorite toothpaste brand. someone is detained at the airport for nine hours under the Terrorism Act 2000. someone leaves behind everyone he has loved. someone stands before a judge and argues that national security removes a narrow subset of issues from the purview of the court. someone is followed as she holds a film camera. someone designs the panopticon.

  • Oslo, August 31st

    Oslo, August 31st

    ★★★★★

    It will get better. Everything will be alright. 

    Except it won’t, you know. 

    On rewatch, this rightfully retains its status as one of my favorite movies of all time.  Anders is so tuned in to the delicate lives of everyone around him, even strangers in a cafe.  And yet it’s this deep understanding of the modalities of human connection that isolates him from the friends he so desperately needs to connect with.  

    Kenneth Lonergan has said that he made…

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  • Citizen Kane

    Citizen Kane

    ★★★★½

    rewatched after finishing succession

  • Mad Max: Fury Road

    Mad Max: Fury Road

    ★★★★½

    hits even better on the 4th rewatch

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  • Dragon Inn

    Dragon Inn

    ★★★★

    as soon as he threw the bowl of noodles perfectly i knew it was gonna be lit

  • Black Adam

    Black Adam

    ★★

    can’t believe this was the first world premiere i’ve ever seen