Favorite films

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  Green Book 2018

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Feb 2025

  I ended up liking this more than I thought I would. Pretty much the classic odd couple dynamic which I think is hard to screw up. The scene where Mahershala Ali is force fed KFC is painful, but beyond that I didn’t find the preachiness on race too off putting. It’s a decently entertaining film and you can’t ask for much more than that.

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  Man with a Movie Camera 1929

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Feb 2025

  Pretty wild viewing this just a couple weeks after rewatching koyaanisqatsi. Two procedurally similar films made 50 years apart on opposite sides of the world. Film is truly alive, a being that metastasizes and evolves within the narrow scope of what a camera can capture. I could watch people hustling around over dramatic orchestral music for hours and hours.

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  Ugetsu 1953

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Oct 2024

  A great film truly elevated by its score. The music turns a sad story into a horrifying one, quite the feat. Lessons to be learned for bag chasers far and wide.

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  Dazed and Confused 1993

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 01 Jul 2024

  One of the best period pieces that’s alarming closer in time to the period it’s portraying than the present. Still looks amazing for a 30 year old movie too, better than most filmmakers can do these days. Deep cast with tons of memorable characters. A very pleasing film that’s heartwarming and fun, can’t beat that.

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