Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Presence 2024

  ★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  I think it might be time for me to take a break from Steven Soderbergh or something. I just checked & this is the 20th movie of his that I've seen (not including his television work); I thought it was my least favorite until I remembered The Laundromat (well, I don't really remember it, but apparently I hated it based on my rating). Looking back, I haven't really liked much of his output since his "retirement" (maybe when he said he…

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  Born in Flames 1983

  ★★★★ Rewatched 07 Mar 2025

  What do you know -- 40 years later, & we're still living through the same old shit.

  Anyway, I was expecting more sci-fi so that was a bummer, but this was gloriously punk & exactly the type of thing I was looking for for International Women's Day weekend <3

Popular reviews

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  Madame Bovary 2014

  ★★ Watched 14 Aug 2015 1

  I don't think I've ever enjoyed a film adaptation of a book, at least not one of "the classics". But when I hear that one of my favorite books is being adapted into a movie, especially by a director whose work I usually enjoy, I get myself all wound up into an anxious tizzy, & I find myself checking IMDB every. single. day. for a release date because "omgI'msoexcitedIcan'ttakeitwhenisitcomingOOOOOOOOOUT?!"
  And then I finally see this film which is going to be…

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  The Seventh Continent 1989

  ★★★ Watched 24 Jan 2014 1

  I really, really hated this movie.

  Haneke is always a mixed bag for me: either I instantly respect & admire the film (Amour, Funny Games), I hate it before growing to love & obsess over it (Cache), I forget about it (Code Unknown, Time of the Wolf), or I unequivocally hate it (The Piano Teacher).

  The Seventh Continent falls into the latter category, but for much different reasons from The Piano Teacher.

  First, to be fair, the good: This is a very…

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