Favorite films

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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Sep 2024 1

  Holy shit, I started writing this review not quite understanding what I just watched and actually being a little disappointed. I was talking about how the cinematography was good and how the father-daughter relationship between Paul and Frankie is incredible on screen, but then how I couldn’t really relate and that I didn’t really feel anything while watching. 

  I was trying to relate to the father, but once I thought about my mom after the divorce, I immediately was swarmed…

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  Perfect Days 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 11 Sep 2024

  It’s always inspiring to watch a film with no action and very little comedy or drama, yet still be totally engrossed by the story. Perfect Days follows the life of a single middle aged man living in Tokyo as a public toilet cleaner, and is an absolute slice of life.

  Numerous movies and shows that are coming out now depict overly ambitious characters, whether to inspire you to do more with your life, or warn you of the consequences that…

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  Dìdi (弟弟) 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  peak coming of age story that perfectly encapsulates the early 2000s. felt my childhood was very seen here, i cringed so much but it was hilarious and sad. we all make mistakes growing up, nothings easy: friends, family, love, we’re all just out here doing stuff.

  if we succeed or fail, who knows, but you gotta try no matter what.

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  Flow 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  a little guy goes on a big journey where nature reclaims all. love how all the animals form a little rag tag crew, incredible how so much conversation / communication happens with zero dialogue the entire time.

  makes me wanna adopt a cat.

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Jan 2025

  After months of hype, finally got to see The Brutalist tonight at the Philadelphia Film Society Center in 35mm. You’d think that a movie boasting a 3 hour 35 minute run time would be an absolute slog, but the first half of the movie flies by in an instant. When the intermission came up I was actually stunned that over an hour and a half had passed me by.

  First and foremost, what a love letter to the state of…

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  The Truman Show 1998

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 13 Mar 2025

  the comfortable cage or the thrill and danger of the unknown, which would you choose?

  one of the greatest movies ever made