Favorite films

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  The Assessment 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  This was such a wild ride. I think the questions the film poses about the dual relationship between the privilege to becoming a parent and the responsibility of being one are interesting. Its handling of intersectionality is a bit sloppy, but it manages to at least effectively demonstrate the complexity. I wish it had taken more creative license with the script pacing; while the core setup dictates 7 days of “assessment,” it would’ve been more interesting to not see what feels like every moment of that 7 days. Minnie Driver’s character was the only one clocking tea.

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  This was incredibly trite. Might as well make this review “black bag.”

Popular reviews

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  Nickel Boys 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 02 Jan 2025 2

  It’s hard to put into words the feeling of finally seeing yourself in a film shaped like this. The below is an attempt and nothing more.

  The use of perspective is what hooked me from the beginning. Paired with the choreography of the shots, in some ways this felt like the closest I’ve seen film get to capturing theater. And I wonder if viewpoints, in particular, were a creative resource for that.

  I would normally say it’s problematic for a…

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  A Real Pain 2024

  ★★ Watched 24 Nov 2024

  With love, this began to expose that Kieran Culkin maybe just plays himself.

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