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Favorite films

  • The Holy Mountain
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Inland Empire
  • Synecdoche, New York

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  • His Girl Friday

    ★★★½

  • Poor Things

    ★★★★★

  • Akira

    ★★★★½

  • Marathon Man

    ★★★

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  • Poor Things

    Poor Things

    ★★★★★

    One of those rare movies that leaves me beaming ear to ear its entire runtime every time I watch it. Still in awe this exists

  • Marathon Man

    Marathon Man

    ★★★

    Definitely enjoyed this, but it is very disconnected until about the halfway mark - needed better writing for sure

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  • Hundreds of Beavers

    Hundreds of Beavers

    ★★★

    Visually speaking this is entirely in a dimension of its own, unfortunately however I found most of the comedy here to be the polar opposite. Played out and reminiscent of so much I’ve already seen.

    The vast majority of the comedy feels like a culmination of all the things I used to find funny when I was far younger. It’s repetitive, over the top, loud but ultimately just a lot of gags I’ve seen played out numerous times in countless…

  • The Red Shoes

    The Red Shoes

    ★★★★

    A gorgeously warm technicolored fairytale that is visually stunning but with a plot I found to be somewhat by the books. Its conclusion is interesting for its statement on masculine entitlement of ownership but other than the otherworldly visuals and being something clearly ahead of its time I just don’t find the majority of the runtime to be compelling from a narrative perspective when reflecting on the plot alone. It’s characters certainly are well acted and memorable but it’s how…