The Brutalist

The Brutalist

2024
★★★★★ Rewatched

Magnificent - a movie about the american myth and immigration, patronage and capitalism, art and marble. 
If I had to list my five favourite scenes from movies out this year, they will probably be five scenes from The Brutalist: the Statue of Liberty scene, the descend into the marble mines, the accusation/revelation scene with felicity jones’ walker, the heroin scene, and the shoeshine scene. 
So much to say about The Brutalist. It is nearly four hours long but is worth…

Bones and All

Bones and All

2022
★★★ Rewatched

Guadagnino should give Chalamet roles in which he eats fruit and fucks people, not vice versa

Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross

1992
★★★★½ Watched

Possibly the best ever script in a movie. Every line dripping in desperation and manipulation, dialogue is razor-sharp, thanks to the impeccable Jack Lemmon and Al Pacino. GOD are salespeople the worst l

Secret Honor

Secret Honor

1984
★★★★ Watched

An intense claustrophobic character study of the most polarising of american presidents. Who could better portray Nixon than Philip Baker Hall, who gives a ferocious one-man show monologue embodying his bitterness and paranoias. The most minimalistic of Altman’s directions, the camera lingers on Bake Hall, whose energy does not carry the film, but IS the film.

A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown

2024
★★★★ Rewatched

I usually hate biopics—they’re easy to get wrong—and I’ve got Timothe Chalamet fatigue, but A Complete Unknown is a wonderful nod to Bob Dylan. Chalamet’s portrayal of Bob Dylan is superb, capturing his essence without feeling forced. What makes the film stand out is its focus on Dylan’s music, letting the songs drive the story. A rare biopic that gets it right, even for skeptics.

F1

F1

2025
★★½ Watched

Horrible movie. Has more cliches than a Maltese grandma. There’s no way anyone that follows Formula1 can tolerate the stupidity of what’s being proposed as a movie supposedly celebrating a sport.

After Hours

After Hours

1985
★★★★½ Watched

The Book of Job is the only book in the Bible worth reading—a raw, unflinching wrestle with suffering, fate, and the silence of the universe. After Hours feels like its modern, manic cousin, in the neon-lit labyrinth of 1980s New York.

After Hours is a brilliant, unhinged riff on enduring the unendurable, a cinematic fever dream that proves Scorsese can play in the absurd without losing his edge. If you crave a film that’s equal parts hilarious and harrowing, this is it.

Scorsese’s most quotable movie.

Black Bag

Black Bag

2025
★★★★ Watched

Another lean Soderbergh thriller which is completely stripped of any fat, delivering a story that hits hard and fast. Loved the fact that Black Bag offers a refreshing counterpoint to the cynicism related to the toughest jobs; if in Heat, De Niro and Al Pacino’s characters suggest you’ve got to be heartless in their world, Soderbergh’s movie climaxes into believing in love and marriage, amidst the chaos of its high-stakes espionages. Also, best interior design since Parasite.

Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

1974
★★★★ Watched

Love watching classics that live up to that name. Great chaotic energy, iconic one-liners, fourth-wall breaking humour skewing racism. One of the wildest comedies of all time.

The Witch

The Witch

2015
★★★★ Watched

I finally saw The Witch! A great way of making horror, where there is no reliance on cheap jump scares or over-the-top gore, but an overwhelming sense of dread for which the ambience is absolutely critical. The eerie atmosphere in seventeeth century new england makes it authentic, together with the historical detail given to dialogue and costumes in this puritan family. 
I probably prefer the more polished Northman and Nosferatu, but they would not have been budgeted without The Witch.

The Apprentice

The Apprentice

2024
★★★★ Watched

I believe that of all movie genres, biopics are the most difficult to get right. I’ll mention two that pulled in massive viewership in recent years, The Last Dance and Bohemian Rhapsody, which are flawed, oversanitized and most importantly, anything but factual.
This is not the case with The Apprentice, which in spite of some imperfections, dives deep into Donald Trump: his family, his relationship with Roy Cohn, his brother’s impact on his teetotalism, etc. 
It got the right balance…

The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985
★★★★½ Watched

I’ve always felt The Breakfast Club (1985) is a Community bottle episode, and it’s not a coincidence that Community (2009) references it so often. Five misfits stuck in detention, slowly breaking down their social barriers through sharp dialogue.

The Breakfast Club deserves all its popularity as it’s hilarious and painfully honest, especially in its raw discussions about virginity, prer pressure and identity. I love that at its core, this is a movie about one universal teenage fear: becoming their parents.…