Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  September 5 2024

  ★★★ Watched 23 Jan 2025

  the timing of this one is unfortunate and worth interrogating, but in an apparently unpopular turn of opinion, i think this movie did well to not take up the complexity of this conflict as its mission. yes, it’s impossible to isolate this event from the broader context, but i don’t really see how a recreation of an abc broadcast in the 70s could have been handled with much care towards the palestinian struggle in the first place. if anything, i…

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Jan 2025

  was on my hands and knees praying that when they offered her the $10k payout she’d say “i wont take less than 30” but, other than that missed opportunity, i enjoyed this a lot. her desires seem very clear to me: it’s not true love or a lust for luxury that drives her, but her desperation to be taken seriously. the objectification of her is both the point and the achilles heel of the movie. i can certainly see how…

Popular reviews

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  Night Mail 1936

  ★★★ Watched 06 Feb 2024 2

  night mail walked so eminem could run

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  High School 1968

  ★★★★★ Watched 30 Jan 2024

  oh to be taught simon & garfunkel in a poetry class