Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  The 400 Blows 1959

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 May 2021

  I felt so much for this character and was just completely immersed into the film wondering what could happen. It seems like in society we have this sort of negative connotation with escapism but I think that’s exactly what a good film should achieve for an audience. This is a prime example and is one of the best films I’ve ever seen. The level of acting from Jean-Pierre Léaud for his age is truly incredible, something to be studied. The…

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  Le Samouraï 1967

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Aug 2024 2

  One of my fav film scores, and one of my fav final frames of all time. The camera placement and set design of that moment is perfect. A thousand words in a single moment. 

  The instrumentation choices made for the film’s main theme combined with Alain Delon’s performance is just so organic and genuinely cool through the whole runtime. Love the theme 

  Overall Le Samouraï just looks and sounds so good. It creates such a seamless merger of noir and…

Recent reviews

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  The Bad Guys 2022

  ★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Dreamworks is pretty hit or miss these days. But at least there are some genuine hits compared to other large animation studios. The Bad Guys is kind right of right down the middle. Will check out the sequel this year.

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  Annea Lockwood: A Film About Listening 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  Sleeping Machine: The Movie 

  Annea Lockwood has a lovely presence though. The David Lynch of sound

Popular reviews

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  Spider-Man 2002

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 16 Apr 2024 1

  caught so many new visual and auditory details from this theater experience. the passion and attention to detail is so apparent from Raimi, Elfman, Maguire, the whole crew. that level of care in this trilogy makes it my personal favorite live action take on the character

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  Sideways 2004

  ★★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  My friend described this movie as feeling like the Panera Bread art style and he is absolutely right 

  Just going to duplicate my Holdovers review: “cozy and phenomenal.” 

  
  also the way the natural or artificial light is sort of smeared across the screen through the film grain is such a specific aesthetic, Sideways is a really cool film to look at, and feel.