Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014

  ★★★★★ Watched 02 Jan 2025

  Wes really is a master of parody. What's endearing about this movie is how it both makes fun of and shows respect to a certain ambient. He may be the only director who can play with banality but still maintain a degree of respect within the story. The way he represents a vaguely Central European country around WW2 is genius, with subtle but striking references, displaying all of the intricacies and allusions to that time and place but not specifically…

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  Train of Life 1998

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Jan 2025

  Possibly the best thing I've ever watched.
  The ending broke me though, so beware.

Popular reviews

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  Cuties 2020

  ½ Added

  The director should be arrested.

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  The Florida Project 2017

  ★★★★½ Watched 07 Jul 2024

  I'm not really the type of guy who likes pictures about "the little people" but this one just stands out. A friend of mine recommended this under the auspices that it's the only movie which made him feel like a child again, and that's correct. In fact, that is exactly it's strongpoint. The scenework is masterful as well, at times immersing the audience with random instances and conversations which seem natural while on the other hand delivering the rather simple…