Nicholas Hellyer

Nicholas Hellyer

Actor-Filmmaker-Writer
Lover of all art.
Hater of mortality.

Favorite films

  • Forrest Gump
  • Princess Mononoke
  • A Knight's Tale

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  • Pig

    ★★★★

  • The Boy and the Heron

    ★★★½

  • The Holdovers

    ★★★★★

  • Theater Camp

    ★★★★★

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  • Pig

    Pig

    ★★★★

    Not enough pig.

  • The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    ★★★★★

    Warm, hilarious, and terribly sad in the best of ways. The kind of film that makes you feel like everything is gonna be okay.

    Also may be my no. 1 Christmas movie now?

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  • Long Day's Journey into Night

    Long Day's Journey into Night

    ★★★½

    Masterpiece of a cinematic experience. Less so of a storytelling one. As a filmmaker I was enamored through and through by the Cinematography, especially the final hour which includes a 59 minute one shot. The story however is a jumble; it is hard to follow (intentionally so), expressingly contemplative (it has its ups and downs) and despite the plethora of returning notes from the first half to the second, it's one that has left me scratching my head in a…

  • Corpus Christi

    Corpus Christi

    ★★★★★

    This film has been on my watch list since 2019 and holy wow I should have watched it then.
    The depth of acting from each character, the tear between traditional religious understandings of our world and more contemporary viewpoints, and the stunning visuals that explore love in earnest down to brutality in the final scene all brought this film together to be the work of art that it is.
    It's so humane its uncomfortable at times. I adored this film.

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