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  Stories We Tell 2012

  ★★★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  As someone who also has a complicated family dynamic, I adored this and was left with the lingering feeling that maybe I should call my dad.

  It’s beautiful, it’s moving, it’s simply a gorgeous exploration of what stories and memories mean to different people and subsequently why we tell stories at all and what our choice to means

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  Birth 2004

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  A fascinating portrait of grief. It takes some story turns at the end that I found surprising, and I’ll have to sit with the “why” of those choices. Somehow the film feels both measured and thrifty in its edit

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  The Birdcage 1996

  ★★★★★ Watched 28 Feb 2025

  If somebody told me Elaine May wrote this I would’ve watched it in a heartbeat. As it stands I’ve come to this movie far later than it deserves, however, every moment past birth is far later than this movie deserves.

  A fantastic and absolutely fucking hilarious flick. It has such a narrow lane to travel finding its line between comedy and tragedy, and it finds its footing at every opportunity. It convinces you of the heartbreak of queer people hiding themselves, whilst also making you laugh at the farce of it all.

  Not to mention career defining performances from Nathan Lane, Robin Williams, and Hank Azaria

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  Challengers 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 10 Jan 2025

  Went in wanting the horny bisexual threesome tennis movie, left seeing maybe the greatest match of tennis ever put to film. Strangers on a Train be damned

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