mano

mano

editor of pitchfork / founder of no bells

Favorite films

  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
  • Wild Guitar
  • They Live
  • Face/Off

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  • A Complete Unknown

    ★★★

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    ★★★★

  • Mystic Pizza

    ★★★

  • He's Just Not That Into You

    ★★★★

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  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★

    We finally went and saw this thing. Lots of nerdy plot about the nature of folk music and an artist evolving his sound and politics all while being a flawed 20 something. But its also big and exciting, a crowd pleaser that’ll keep you interested whether ur a dylan head or a music journalist who has gotten by never listening to him. i enjoyed the singing even though it came from these actors and there was a lot of it.…

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    ★★★★

    Fweakin awesome

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  • Boogie

    Boogie

    the part where boogie says that he feels like a piece of beef surrounded by sprouted greens and MSG really makes you think

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    ★★★★★

    after we watched this, a friend enthusiastically compared it to scrolling on Tiktok, which would normally be the last way I'd want to interpret a great movie. but the fact that a movie so considered, so emotionally charged, textured and full of complex characters can thrive in the same part of one’s brain as that attention-draining app is why it’s brilliant.

    in every convo about Good Representation someone says something like “i wish Asian-Americans had this 10 years ago” but…

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