Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Mar 2025

  just 2 of the most exciting hours of my life

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  Anora 2024

  Watched 04 Jan 2025

  a lot to talk about, i'm sure of it. me personally? i don't know what to think.

  i love how alive this is, and i love Baker's humor, i will argue that Ani has a lot more depth than people thought her to be. but like, i especially hate the Igor's scenes at the end: somebody who stands in for the director, telling her that he's the only one who sees her on who she is. oh spare me the righteous Sean, we're both the voyeur here.

  and finally, there's no donut shop. no star.

Popular reviews

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  Barbie 2023

  ★★★ Watched 25 Aug 2023

  it's hard to judge a movie like this. it's from one of my favorite filmaking duos, i have been excited for it since the beginning, and then i couldn't see it the opening months, and then i got spoiled on Twitter.

  anyway, my experience with this movie was... underwhelming, to say the least. i feel like it needs to be better paced, i feel like this movie pushed me from one plot point to the next as a background for…

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  Who'll Stop the Rain 2023

  ★★★½ Watched 31 Jan 2024

  this must be right up my type of movie, right? but for some reason, i couldn't connect with it on any level more than "oh this individual scene is so good". i really really wish i could like it more, but the scrip is just lackluster.

  anyway, the dancing scene in the beginning is my bisexual panic

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