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Favorite films

  • There Will Be Blood
  • Children of Men
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Zodiac

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  • Opus

    ★★★★★

  • Oh, Canada

    ★★★★½

  • Borderline

    ★★★

  • The Electric State

    ½

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  • After Hours

    After Hours

    ★★★★

    Dating in your 30s is exactly this wild. Scorsese is undefeated.

  • Rounders

    Rounders

    ★★★★★

    “Listen, here’s the thing. If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, you ARE the sucker.”

    I’ve seen this beaut about 20 times in my life. I know it front to back. However the greatest pleasure about this hidden gem is showing it to someone who has never even heard of it. Not only is the cinematography brilliant, but score paired with the script is absolutely perfectly in tune creating a musical masterpiece.

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  • Opus

    Opus

    ★★★★★

    This is by far the best of year so far. No notes.

  • Oh, Canada

    Oh, Canada

    ★★★★½

    Such well written script and a beautiful looking film. Paul’s still got it. Richard Gere is fantastic, but Jacob Elordi is a revelation. Schrader is playing with memory, one’s own mythology and the fantasies we create around our own memories. Very introspective, really enjoyed it.

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★

    Bonkers. Absolutely bonkers. A film that drives you to a cliff, telling a disturbing tale full of self hatred that is actually really chilling. The SOUND DESIGN, the cinematography, the production design all of it is unsettling. Then it gleefully throws you off that cliff and laughs at you. Very exciting filmmaking. Season tickets to Coralie Fargeat.

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    A little long but in true Bong fashion a fun goofy action satire that makes a statement on the current moment.