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Recent reviews

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  The French Dispatch 2021

  ★★★½ Watched 02 Nov 2021

  Colorfully and vividly sharp, tactful, aesthetically striking. Although tied together with a perfectly knotted satin bow, the saturation of dialogue bogged me down at times when trying to mull through the flecks of gold that were seen in the humanity and humor of Anderson’s film.

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  Can You Ever Forgive Me? 2018

  ★★★½ Watched 08 Feb 2019

  Felt disjointed with a dragging pace at times, but the passion that McCarthy emulated along with the poignant ending brought it back to life.

Popular reviews

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  Call Me by Your Name 2017

  ★★★★★ Watched 29 Nov 2017 3

  "If only you knew how little I know about the things that matter."

  Bear with me; this is long as hell but since this is my favorite film of the year, I have to.

  This film lingered on me and seeped into my thoughts for a while afterwards. I felt like my sense of perception was heightened right after watching this because of how intense some parts of the film look into its characters. Taking the train ride home, I…

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  Anna Karenina 2012

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Nov 2017

  “I’d call on her if she’d only broken the law. But she’s broken the rules.”

  The infectious score and ballroom scenes alone made up for any self-indulgent elements that obscured the emotion of the movie. Anna’s hyperbolic behavior teetered between courageous and intensely selfish for me, and at the end I couldn’t tell if I was disgusted by or pitied her. Maybe it was both. In the famous words of Anna Karenina: “Could you please, please, PLEASE stop cracking your knuckles?!”…