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  A Streetcar Named Desire 1951

  ★★★½ Watched 15 Apr 2018

  Brando is electrifying - one of the most intense and terrifying performances I've ever seen. But I found myself drifting off whenever he wasn't on screen. Many of Vivien Leigh's scenes drag on for too long and, unlike most, I found her melodramatic performance a little off-putting, especially next to Brando's naturalistic style.

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  My Neighbor Totoro 1988

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Apr 2018

  My first Miyazaki. So wholesome. Top of my list of films to show my daughter when she gets older.

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  Boyhood 2014

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 16 Apr 2016

  I'm incapable of talking about Boyhood in any kind of rational way. I have a connection with this film unlike any other and I can't fully articulate why. It's comforting, it's painful, it's awkward, it's heartbreaking, it's uplifting. Linklater caught lightening in a bottle here.

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  Hail, Caesar! 2016

  ★★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2016

  There are a lot of clever things going on in Hail, Ceasar! but I couldn't quite clap to its rhythm. It didn't help that I watched it with a very thin and stiff audience. One that gets better with each viewing, I imagine, and I'm looking forward to rewatching it in solitude, as I feel Coen films are best enjoyed.

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