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Favorite films

  • All of Us Strangers
  • Challengers
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Interstellar

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  • Adolescence

    ★★★★★

  • Trap

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★★

  • A Balloon's Landing

    ★★★★★

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  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★★★

    “what is tennis?”

    “it’s a relationship… you’re not playing tennis”

    i fear guadagnino has topped his catalog with this one. this feels like everything a guadagnino film should be and more. you have the unbearable tension, the gradual story-building, and the outstanding performances. every scene makes you feel closer to the character. guadagnino makes you FEEL their emotions. the way tashi observes the game is how YOU observe the film. the conematography and sound design is unlike any other film i’ve watched. this is peak innovation in cinema and it is what a lot of directors lack nowadays.

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • All of Us Strangers

    All of Us Strangers

    ★★★★★

    “there’s vampires at my door”

    this film taught me to appreciate and be grateful for the life i have and people i have around me. this gut-wrenching masterpiece takes you on a journey of a grown man’s traumatic childhood and the continuation of that trauma throughout the rest of his life. it’s about the little decisions that can alter the path of your life and sometimes guide it towards the end.

    p.s. ily paul mescal

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  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    ★★★★★

    holy fucking shit

  • Trap

    Trap

    in what world would any of this happen

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  • Bodies Bodies Bodies

    Bodies Bodies Bodies

    ★★★½

    HE’S A LIBRA MOON HE WOULDN’T DO IT!!

  • Shiva Baby

    Shiva Baby

    ★★★★½

    i think i’ve discovered a new genre of horror