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Favorite films

  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Creep
  • American Beauty
  • BlackBerry

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  • Theater Camp

    ★★★★

  • Hostel

    ★★½

  • The Player

    ★★★★★

  • The Squid and the Whale

    ★★★★½

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★★

    Freak level unmatched!

    Edit: I’m about 12 hours recovered from recency bias so here’s my honest review. I pity anyone disappointed in this film as a result of comparing it to the previous ones. Like The Batman (2022), Nosferatu makes some creative choices that greatly differ from its predecessor(s) that must be acknowledged. When I look at Nosferatu, I see Eggers extending the niche voice that he has in the industry right now. He approaches his films with a historicity…

  • BlackBerry

    BlackBerry

    ★★★★★

    *SIGH* ... this movie makes me nostalgic for a time predating this distortion of a world plagued by late-stage capitalism. I recently listened to Matt Johnson's episode on "You Made it Weird" with Pete Holmes, and hearing him talk about the symbolic underpinnings of this absolute passion project of a tech film gives me a new kind of appreciation for its direction. It was always a seamless film, but the knowledge that Johnson made this out of a sort of…

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  • Parasite

    Parasite

    ★★★★½

    Such an incredible screenplay with jaw dropping symbolism. The most accessible and comically painful depiction of late capitalism maybe ever.

  • The Linguini Incident

    The Linguini Incident

    ★★★★½

    You should watch this if you like jazz, David Bowie's hair, women who are into magic, or heists