Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Wind from the East 1970

  ★★★★½ Watched 06 May 2020

  A fascinating historical and cultural product to be sure. I am in a way blessed that this is my first Godard film; as I have no point of comparison between the Dziga Vertov era and his more celebrated works I am oblivious to the disparity of accessibility between the two. I am surprised that, with a smattering of research beforehand, how accessible Wind from the East turned out to be. Radical in both style and substance, the viewer is subjected…

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  Chopper 2000

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 18 Sep 2019 1

  From the first scene of Chopper (2000), director Andrew Dominik clearly signposts the fictitious nature of both the film’s representation of its subject as well the mythology Mark Read surrounds himself with. Dominik quickly determines the parameters of the film as a work of fiction, even though the film itself is an adaptation of Read’s autobiography. The disclaimer at the beginning of the film asserts “This film is a dramatisation in which narrative liberties have been taken. It is not…

Popular reviews

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  Ocean's Eight 2018

  ★★½ Watched 12 Jun 2018 3

  Sandra Bullock playing George Clooney’s sister? I hope they realise the full gravity of the situation.

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
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  Isle of Dogs 2018

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Apr 2018 1

  BEST BEST BEST BEST BEST I LOVE WES HE DID NOT LET ME DOWN. How can such artistic perfection exist in this world!!! In my eyes Isle of Dogs is a spectacularly unique and flawless piece of cinema and an instant personal favourite of mine for all time. GO WES!!!