Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Good Morning 1959

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  in which ozu's famously impeccable shot comps are infused with stunning technicolor, his regularly poignant intergenerational disconnect is navigated with lighthearted riffing on adult seriousness and belated western influences (consumerism, television obsession), and he indulges in poop and fart gags. sublime.

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  World Without End 1956

  ★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  you know those youtube videos where a guy compares a $5 steak, a $10 one, and a $100 one, and he chooses the $10 one because it hits all the right spots at a massive bargain? this is a $10 b-movie steak.

Popular reviews

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  The 39 Steps 1935

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  goofball-era alfred was a menace

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  The Only Son 1936

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  to pretend to truly comprehend life in post-wwi japan as a 21st century white guy would be shameful, but even with a little bit of preparatory research for nominal context, the only son is a miraculously compassionate and quietly devastating snapshot of era and culture for the societal majority, themes which no other japanese filmmaker -- perhaps no other global filmmaker -- cased better or more touchingly than ozu. his work is always entrancing for its craftsmanship and precision and for its…