Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Chinatown 1974

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 21 Aug 2022

  I wholeheartedly believe that if Robert Towne wrote this as a novel, he would have won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

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  Licorice Pizza 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched 11 Dec 2021

  70 MM. The Tower Theater. December 11th.

  My journey with Licorice Pizza began almost a year and a half ago, and the events that led me to it really caught me by surprise. It was August 4th, 2020, and the heat of the pandemic was really kicking in. Me and my dad were sitting in my living room watching the Texas Rangers play the Oakland A's at the Coliseum. About halfway through the 6th inning, my dad showed me an…

Recent reviews

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  Blue Velvet 1986

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 10 Mar 2025

  “this. is. it.”

  Rest in peace genius

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  Night Moves 1975

  ★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Popular reviews

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  Phantom Thread 2017

  Rewatched 26 Sep 2023 1

  I don't know why I do this to myself.

  I wish I could say that this viewing of Phantom Thread was a happy one, but I'm afraid not. Regardless of how I feel, I believe this film is quite possibly the most gut-wrenching yet mesmerizing films I've ever seen. It is a true masterpiece, but I say that in a very frail way.

  A lot of people live like this. As sad as that may seem, it's true. When you…

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  The Iron Claw 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 27 Dec 2023

  As the eldest sibling and a brother, this movie was heartbreaking. 

  This generation’s Raging Bull.