Favorite films

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  Look Back 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 06 Mar 2025

  I loved every minute of this. I think I also cried the whole time. Meaningfully explains why art — and specifically the pursuit of art — matters. A new favorite.

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  Tarzan 1999

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Feb 2025 2

  I genuinely have no memory of this film outside of the Phil Collins soundtrack, general knowledge of the original story, and the Kingdom Hearts level. I can’t even confidently say that I saw it as a kid, so I’m counting this as a first time watch.

  Similar to Up, this is a movie with a phenomenal opening sequence that kind of eclipses everything else in the film. While I generally like Tarzan as a whole, the wordless prologue which establishes…

Popular reviews

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  The Boy and the Heron 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Dec 2023

  I left the theater feeling grateful. 

  For one, we’re all blessed to live in a time where Hayao Miyazaki is releasing a new film. I always felt the The Wind Rises would be a bold note to end his career on; a film that explores the idea of “cursed dreams” and if the pursuit of one’s ambition is worth more than one’s life.  

  The Boy and the Heron asks what I consider the central question from The Wind Rises in a different…

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  Hundreds of Beavers 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 01 Feb 2025

  Watched this at a packed screening at the Music Box. During the previews, there was an ad for some AI bullshit and everyone loudly boo’d. The minute the film started, everyone cheered— and didn’t stop laughing and cheering until the end. If Looney Tunes fused with everything that can go wrong in Breath of the Wild. Depression cured.

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