Jonathan Low

Jonathan Low

Sardonic exterior, sensitive interior. Japanese-American. Has held hands with Beyoncé. My top 4 are a rotating mood board!

Favorite films

  • Frances Ha
  • Past Lives
  • Room
  • Mad Max: Fury Road

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  • The Apprentice

    ★★★

  • One of Them Days

    ★★★½

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★

  • I'm Still Here

    ★★★½

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  • One of Them Days

    One of Them Days

    ★★★½

    An audience ad lib of “MY SHAYLA” got the loudest laugh when the character named Shayla was introduced.

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  • tick, tick... BOOM!

    tick, tick... BOOM!

    ★★★★★

    This is a 50 gallon vat of musical theatre kool-aid and I fucking guzzled it. 

    And Academy Award winner Andrew Garfield, I say.

  • The Rider

    The Rider

    ★★★★★

    Distinctly melancholy, yet bursting with empathy and altruism. Chloe Zhao is to be endlessly commended for aptly capturing a true story, re-enacted by non-actors with such care, sensitivity, and authenticity. A technical and artistic achievement that I will revisit again and again.