Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Rebels of the Neon God 1992

  ★★★★★ Watched 23 Mar 2025 7

  Well… I guess I know who my favorite director is.

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  Nirvana: Live at the Paramount 2011

  ★★★★★ Watched 23 Mar 2025

  “This 
  Song 
  Is 
  About 
  Hairy,
  Sweaty,
  Macho,
  Redneck,
  Men 

  Who 
  RAPE”

Popular reviews

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  The Watermelon Woman 1996

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Mar 2025 2

  Dunye blends history, identity, and cinematic innovation in ways that feel both urgent and timeless. Cheryl Dunye’s storytelling is a powerful reclamation of space for Black women and lesbians in film, offering a refreshing alternative to the conventional narratives that dominate mainstream cinema.
  As she delves into her own desires and searches for identity, she simultaneously digs into the archives of cinema history, showing how both personal and collective histories are shaped by narratives that are often left untold. The…

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 03 Mar 2025

  That ending wow…
  Can respect, the kind that lasts and affirms one's true self, ever be attained once it’s been sacrificed for the sake of performance? Can someone who has so thoroughly embraced a constructed identity—one forged out of desire for power, adoration, and approval—ever rediscover a more genuine form of respect? What is left when those performances end? 

  It’s not just about whether someone like her can reclaim respect, but whether it’s even possible to undo the damage done when respect has been built on the wrong foundation.