JosephPanzer

JosephPanzer

Favorite films

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Before Sunrise
  • Taxi Driver
  • In the Mood for Love

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  • Morbius

    ★½

  • Hoop Dreams

    ★★★½

  • La Chinoise

    ★★★★½

  • Saturday Night

    ★★★

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  • Morbius

    Morbius

    ★½

    Unengaging dreck with one decent fight scene and no conclusive ending only remembered because it was a massive meme. It’s not horrible enough that I get offended, at least.

  • Hoop Dreams

    Hoop Dreams

    ★★★½

    The intersection of sport, race, poverty, family, and education is really interesting stuff, which makes it a shame that this has segments that drag on and slow down the pacing.

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  • Persepolis

    Persepolis

    ★★★

    The film moves too fast through life events that sometimes it’s hard to really soak in what’s happening. Beautiful animation though and it’s important to hear this story from the perspective of an Iranian woman.

  • Before Sunrise

    Before Sunrise

    ★★★★★

    To be truly, honestly understood by another human being is the greatest feeling on this planet.

    Watching these two individuals learn to let their guards down and understand each other is satisfying in a way that no other film—besides Before Sunset, of course—has ever been. It speaks to the most essential part of the human experience.

    There’s a part where Celine says “Isn’t everything we do in life a way to be loved more?”, which I overlooked on my first…