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Favorite films

  • Big Business
  • The Sixth Sense
  • Working Girl
  • Cruella

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  • The Sixth Sense

    ★★★★★

  • Paper Moon

    ★★★★★

  • The Truman Show

    ★★★★★

  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    ★★★★★

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  • Back to the Future

    Back to the Future

    ★★★★★

    Back to the Future (1985) is the ultimate movie, blending sci-fi, adventure, comedy, and heart in a way that’s both timeless and universally beloved. Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as the eccentric Doc Brown, the film follows Marty’s accidental trip to 1955, where he must ensure his parents fall in love to preserve his future. The plot is simple yet brilliant, exploring the effects of time travel while delivering moments…

  • Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    ★★★★★

    Madame Butterfly (1995): A Tragic Opera Reborn in Cinematic Splendor

    There are stories that whisper, and there are stories that weep. Madame Butterfly (1995), directed by Frédéric Mitterrand, does both—an exquisite, devastating adaptation of Puccini’s opera that unfolds like a delicate piece of silk unraveling in the wind.

    This film strips away the grand theatrics of the stage and immerses us in a world of visual poetry. Every frame is rich with beauty—the soft glow of lanterns, the elegance of…

  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

    ★★★★★

    The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: A Symphony of Love and Longing

    Some films tell a story. Others paint a picture. But The Umbrellas of Cherbourg? It sings—every word, every color, every aching moment. It is walking poetry, a dream woven in pastels, an opera without pause, where love is both breathtaking and heartbreaking.

    Jacques Demy’s 1964 masterpiece isn’t just a musical—it’s a world unto itself, where life’s sorrows and joys are set to Michel Legrand’s sweeping score. The entire film is…

  • I Am Legend

    I Am Legend

    ★★★★★

    I Am Legend: A Haunting Glimpse into the Fragility of Civilization

    When I first watched I Am Legend, it was a gripping, terrifying vision of a post-apocalyptic world. When COVID hit, it became something far worse—prophetic. So much so that I left New York, unable to shake the feeling that we were one mutation away from the end of mankind.

    Will Smith’s Robert Neville is the last man standing in a city once teeming with life, now a hollow graveyard…