Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Citizenfour 2014

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2025

  5 stars bc this has never been so relevant and for the sheer competence gathered in that one hotel room and for ed's obvious and boundless compassion. this is insane and absolutely adds to my fear of the individuals helplessness in the face of massive scale and power of not just political but financial, media and just straight institutions. but also tbf ive never really been as worried as am i now given rampant abuse of power is rampant. im…

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  Glengarry Glen Ross 1992

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  pretty sick, the play dialogue. a deeply tragic story and familiar. at the end of the day everyone here hates the system but none of them really realize it. moss is the angriest and hates the exploitation of his labor, and being belittled. but his rage is ineffective, his solution lukewarm and ultimately a failure. shelley the machine is truly a machine and the saddest character. he gave his all, his lifes work to his job and for what? a…

Popular reviews

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  Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984

  ★★★★½ Watched 22 Feb 2025

  miyazaki cooking so hard with the post apocalyptic sci fi he definitely leans more fantasy now but i love the particular blend we get here. cool character designs and a surprisingly synth score which was sick. i wish we saw even more of the world, valley insects spores and all

  how can you not love nausicaas radical empathy and love for her people

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  The Kid Detective 2020

  ★★★★½ Watched 06 Jul 2024 2

  i thought this was super charming. the black comedy dripping with dryness and cynicism but just barely enough optimism left in the tank. to not give up!! some of the jokes got me guffawing. but also obviously so real and hilariously depressing at times. probably one of my more favorite cinematic depictions of depression lmao. this just works on so many levels and its so fun

  the noir sensibilities are there and they riff on the genre rly well. abe…