Favorite films

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  The Last Picture Show 1971

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 16 Jun 2022

  I’m sorry, but I seem to only be able to muster the stamina to write reviews that are more like diary entries now.

  First time I saw this, it was on in the background at one of my earliest college parties. I was a neophyte in the realm of movies and hadn’t seen a true work of the New Hollywood. I also hadn’t learned to decipher the difference between a ‘50s movie and a ‘70s one fashioned on the period.…

Recent reviews

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  Buffalo '66 1998

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 10 Feb 2025 1

  Recommended for viewing at 8:30 PM with cheap coffee and a cookie, on a night between the Super Bowl and Valentine’s Day.

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  Angel Face 1952

  ★★★½ Watched 23 Jan 2025

  So cozy and entertaining a melodrama for being such a potent stew of misogyny.

Popular reviews

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  Swarm Season 2019

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 24 Mar 2021 4

  Challenging our expectations of how an environmental documentary should look or sound, Sarah Christman’s Swarm Season draws connections between microscopic views of bees linking arms and the honeycomb-like hexagonal mirrors that make up the reflective grid of a telescope perched atop one of Hawaii’s most prized natural sites. Covering subjects as seemingly disparate as beekeeping, indigenous-led activism, and interplanetary exploration, this utterly unique vision offers up an incredible sensory experience, en route to grand comparisons between the societal structures of…

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  PlayTime 1967

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 05 Apr 2021

  From my first 35mm viewing, to my 360p avi rewatch, to my perpetually buffering FilmStuck streaming, to my I-finally-bought-the-box-set revisits, Tati’s delightful jab at the modernizing world is more fun and life-affirming upon every return. 70mm may have been how it was intended to be seen, but really, it shines brilliantly through any format.