Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Babadook 2014

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2025

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

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  Between the Lines 1977

  ★★★★½ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  An absolutely brilliant independent film about alternative newspapers in the 1970s by the underappreciated late, great filmmaker Joan Micklin Silver. The conflicts between corporate media owners and the barely paid staff remain relevant today. Features wonderful actors at the start of their long careers: Jeff Goldblum, John Heard, Lindsay Crouse, Marilu Henner, Joe Morton, Bruno Kirby and more. Bonus emotional appeal for those familiar with Boston in the '70s and '80s.

Popular reviews

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  The Sleepy Time Gal 2001

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Feb 2025

  Quiet, underappreciated movie with wonderful performances, including what is perhaps Jacqueline Bisset's finest in her long career.

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  D.O.A. 1980

  ★★★½ Watched 23 Jan 2025 3

  Definitely brought back memories of 17-year-old me accepting an invite from two good music-loving buddies of mine in Oxford, Mississippi, to join them on their trip to Memphis to attend The Sex Pistols concert on Jan. 6, 1978, at the Taliesyn Ballroom. I had heard of the band and Never Mind the Bollocks had just been released so I was familiar with their music and the crazy buzz the band was generating. Punk had definitely arrived! I secured my position…

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