Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Babygirl 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 30 Jan 2025

  There’s room for a lot more heat in here.

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  Dune 2021

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 06 Jan 2025

  Rewatched with friends who had miraculously escaped seeing it, and did not expect to enjoy it so thoroughly on this fifth viewing. But UFFFF! 🥵

Popular reviews

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  Mank 2020

  ★★★½ Watched 07 Dec 2020

  Having better context before watching Mank might have been a good idea, but to avoid spoilers I left research for last. So while Mank the character was engaging the whole time, the plot wasn’t until I looked into the history and controversies of Citizen Kane afterwards. That said, this is a technical marvel and an incredibly efficient film, and I wish I’d seen it in theaters.

  Planning to rewatch Citizen Kane (which I’ve mostly forgotten and never cared for that much to begin with) before I come back to Mank. I mean, I have to... it’s Fincher.

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  The Boy and the Heron 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 06 Nov 2023

  Visceral and sublime. Miyazaki's treatment of 'discovery' reaches new heights here, and it's the weirdest he's ever gotten. The vibe it gives off reminds me of this Monet quote: "People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love."