Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Before Sunset 2004

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  This one has always been my favorite of the three, and tonight I confirmed it again. It’s no coincidence since I’m closer in age to these Celine and Jesse. I identified more with them this time around. First time watching it in theaters (as part of a double feature with Before Sunrise) I was waiting patiently for that perfect ending and seeing the first-timers reactions (just like I did when I officially watched Parasite (2019) in theaters). The reactions were…

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  Before Sunrise 1995

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  Part of a Double-Feature our local theater chain organized. What an experience watching it with other people, especially first-timers. The movie is still timeless, engaging, and precise. So many work is done behind-the-scene, but since it isn’t “showy”, most people miss the silent work of the editing, camera, and the director. So good!

Popular reviews

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  The Father 2020

  ★★★★★ Watched 29 Mar 2021

  Wow. Cinema is made for stories to be told the way this one was. A lot of people take for granted the power great editing has in the success of a film. When Oscars nominations were announced on the morning of March 15th, this film got all the nominations it deserved, something I learned after the fact. A Best Director nomination would’ve been well deserved too. The Father is about Anthony, played masterfully by Sir Anthony Hopkins in a career-best…

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  Past Lives 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 30 Jun 2023

  I read a comment on a Tik-Tok that described this film as this: “Silence has never been so painful.”, and I agree. That comment even made me understand finally that it wasn’t what was said what was important. Many have complained that the conversations were boring (I disagree, but you do you), and although I agree they were simple, I knew there had to be a reason for it. Celine Song’s debut film is a story about people’s greatest ability:…

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