Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  3 Women 1977

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  "Put the potatoes in the pot"

  "In this pot?"

  "I'm not going to answer that"

  "Yes ma'am"

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  Happiness 1998

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025

  I feel like so much of the painfully hilarious tone can come across as mean spirited but I think it lives in taboo and selfishness while also making light of it in a realistic, and unfortunately relatable way. It feels like it's main goal is to make you feel uncomfortable by facing a side of reality we don't like to think about.

  There is really something to be said for a movie that humanizes people that are seen as unreedemable.

Popular reviews

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  The Element of Crime 1984

  ★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  I have mixed feelings about this movie. There are lots of parts I love, but over all my main take away is I didn't get what "it insists upon itself" meant until I watched this. It feels like LVT is trying to be too smart for his own good and losing any nuance or subtlety. Overall not a bad directorial debut even though the over narration seems more like a crutch than a compelling driving point.

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  Punch-Drunk Love 2002

  ★★★★½ Watched 28 Feb 2025

  This is one of those few movies where I was completely in love from the first shot. PTA has such a intrancing style of cinematography that really makes the movie work for me. To be fair I'm also definitely biased toward the nurodivergent guy trying to fit into the world trope.