Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Stone Carvers 1984

  ★★★ Watched 03 Mar 2025

  Watched on Youtube.

  Linked here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7SFRdJ9BM0&ab_channel=Analog16

  1984 Oscar winner for best short documentary. I am currently working on a short documentary with similar subject matter, that seems to be discussing some of the very same issues that plague these stone carvers in 1984, it's interesting to see how despite the fact 41 years has gone by since this documentary was released that many of these problems or decline in craft and quality still exist and/or have become more pressing. Nothing…

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  Instruments of a Beating Heart 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 03 Mar 2025

  Watched on Youtube.

  Enjoyed this small view into a classroom halfway around the world from the US. I did not know this was part of a feature film, The Making of a Japanese, until looking it up, and I think that helps explain why it felt so contained to the school. I think in a short format I wanted to learn a bit more about Ayame, see her home life, just connect a bit more to her. Still all around a sweet short doc.

Popular reviews

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  Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 2019

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Jul 2023 5

  Watched on 70mm at the Aero.

  Now I'll be honest I didn't love this the first time I saw it, but upon rewatch this movie is just golden. Not sure if it's timing, or just maybe disinterest that struck me the first time around, but Tarantino hits all of those director check boxes in this one. He's the king of crane shots, and king of making such small specific choices that stand out, thinking of the woman dropping the seat…

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  Dazed and Confused 1993

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Apr 2023 4

  Watched at the Hollywood Theater in Portland.

  This may have been the most fun I've had in a theater in a long time. What's not to love about this movie?!?! The soundtrack is incredible, the ensemble cast is so much fun, and so so so many great quotes from this one. God. I wished I'd seen this sooner, but sitting in an audience watching this with a full crowd was so much fun, and feels like the perfect way to…