Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Master 2012

  Watched 14 Mar 2025

  I think I need to chew on this or see it again to get into the headspace of this movie (like I’ve had to do for previous PTA films). That said, I would watch Philip Seymour Hoffman do anything on earth and be happy.

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  My Winnipeg 2007

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  “Is this… Canadian Minneapolis?”

Popular reviews

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  Mother Schmuckers 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 30 Jan 2021 1

  My very first Sundance premiere was a complete gross-our comedy... and I kinda liked it? Mother Schmuckers is NOT FOR MOST (like how Pink Flamingos is hard to swallow for unobsessed Waters fans), but the visual gags and zany characters show inventive, competent filmmaking.

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  I Saw the TV Glow 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Jun 2024

  I admittedly walked into this movie with a lot of expectations — my friends (all queer) who had seen it told me it that it had made them feel both terribly seen and terribly afraid at the same time. That it felt like a force for them to evaluate and change their lives. While I wanted to believe them, I also held a good amount of skepticism. Frankly, I haven’t felt changed or filled with passion or completely absorbed in a…