Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Naked 1993

  ★★★★★ Watched 15 Feb 2025

  A Dadaist nun.

  Fucking perfect.

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  Murmur of the Heart 1971

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Mar 2022

  Just a really enjoyable romp, from Malle. A touching bildungsroman, a funny comedy of manners. The strange finale (no spoilers) feels more sweet than anything. Odd but it works.

  Great jazz too.

Popular reviews

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  Sing Street 2016

  ★ Watched 19 Aug 2016

  Hugely disappointing follow up to Carney's brilliant Once, and diverting Begin Again. I have four main issues with this film:

  1). The main actor is horribly miscast - I wanted to watch a film about his brother, or his other band-mates more than him - the pretentious, pious arse.

  2). The film begins well - its funny and I was settling in for a sweet, simple story about the minutiae of growing pains. Very quickly, the film abandons any interest…

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  Terrorizers 1986

  ★ Watched 12 Jan 2021

  Slow build, I can take. But no build I cannot stand. Edward Yang does it again - creates a lauded masterpiece that I was totally cold toward. Go figure.