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Favorite films

  • The Lobster
  • First Reformed
  • A Hidden Life
  • The Turin Horse

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  • Do the Right Thing

    ★★★

  • Hamilton

    ★★★

  • Grizzly Man

    ★★★★½

  • Casa de Mi Padre

    ★★★½

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  • Do the Right Thing

    Do the Right Thing

    ★★★

    I wanted to love this movie, but for some reason I didn’t. Why do I feel like it was slightly not as progressive as it needed to be. Maybe I missed something.

  • Hamilton

    Hamilton

    ★★★

    The musical was great. I thought it was lacking though from the perspective of the recording. At times I wanted to be closer, and at other times I wanted to see more, but I guess that’s what you get when you watch a show the way it wasn’t meant to be seen. There were just a lot of silly editing choices. For example, you could tell they were waiting in wide shots so that they could punch in to a…

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  • Bohemian Rhapsody

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    ★★★½

    Ok I love Queen and I love Freddie. Now... 
    I thought it was incredibly unfortunate that they obviously couldn't hire hundreds of thousands of extras for the concerts specifically Live AID, but I thought the way they handled the situation was poor. Obviously the more shots with CGI crowd, the more money it costs. However this led to camera angles primarily shooting toward the stage which I felt served the story poorly.  There were only a few facing the crowd,…

  • A Hidden Life

    A Hidden Life

    ★★★★★

    Quite arguably my favorite movie of the year and possibly a new addition to my top 5. I cannot begin to describe how immersive this film is. It is extremely long and at times you can really feel this, but it was beautiful in every sense. I have never seen a more poetically edited film in my life. The cinematography was incredible as well. As a DP, I’d admit that it was one of those films I wish I could say I shot myself.



    Brilliant. Absolutely Brilliant.

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