Nick Melita

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Maker of things. Lover of space. Cries at everything.

Favorite films

  • Short Term 12
  • Ponyo
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Before Sunrise

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  • No Other Land

  • Black Bag

    ★★★½

  • The Color Purple

    ★★★½

  • The Monkey

    ★★½

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  • The Color Purple

    The Color Purple

    ★★★½

    Some stuff that doesn’t really work here but when it works it WORKS. I cried kind of a lot?

  • 1941

    1941

    ★★★

    I laughed a handful of times!

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  • 28 Days Later

    28 Days Later

    ★★★½

    "With endless love, we left you sleeping. Now we're sleeping with you. Don't wake up."

    That Alex Garland can sure write a thing.

  • The Wind Rises

    The Wind Rises

    ★★★★

    Almost certainly Miyazaki’s best written and most poetic film. A love letter to the undefinable, glorious, and mysterious phenomenon of human creativity.

    Perhaps no one knows more fully than Miyazaki the importance of hard work, inspiration and sacrifice that make such grand creative endeavors possible. 

    I left this film with the feeling that it will continue to play in the background of my mind, slowly revealing its secret meanings and beauties over time. Unlike my other favorite Ghibli films which…