joshua nicolás

joshua nicolás

I watch movies n make movies n sing a jolly tune

Favorite films

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Amarcord
  • Burning
  • The Great Beauty

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  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★

  • Anora

    ★★★★½

  • Conclave

    ★★★★½

  • When Time Ran Out...

    ★★★

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  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★★

    The subtleties in this movie pose as detached masks in which difference is heightened and rooted similarities hum beneath.
    Distance was an emphasized sensation, with even the closest moments possessing some level of separation. Apt placement of environmental  engagement and progression of social interaction through the plotline rang light echoes of the historic, and even modern otherizarion in Poland pertaining to the historic Jewish population. 
    A Real Pain spoke of generational trauma through our odd intergenerational normalization attempting to digest…

  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★½

    Despite the lofty subject, Sean Baker managed to make a natural spectacle spotlighting the spoiling decay of the typically rose tinted view on luxury. An unfortunately human piece, chaos and frills and logical lapses between social strata and the discrepancy of standpoints. 

    Perhaps the first movie in American history that depicts Russian tough guys without brandishing a single weapon.

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  • Rocky

    Rocky

    ★★★★

    If you see me assaulting the beef in my freezer don’t ask any questions

  • Princess Mononoke

    Princess Mononoke

    ★★★★★

    Man v nature but nature is so much cooler than u.