Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Something Different 1963

  ★★★½ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  I liked how it was light and gentle and funny but without being shallow. Women!!!

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  Lee 2023

  ★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  Her actual photographs were the best thing. And Josh O’Connor.

Popular reviews

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  Compartment No. 6 2021

  ★ Watched 22 Mar 2022

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

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  Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 26 Jan 2025 3

  Usually, I’d classify a good documentary either as a “good story well told” (makes for a good dinner party fact) or a film that ameliorates an already good story by giving it larger meaning (also a good dinner party fact but retelling it makes you look smart, instead of merely entertaining). This film fits neither category because it succeeds in doing so many things at the same time. There isn’t just one “good story well told”, there are many. The…