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Favorite films

  • The Lighthouse
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Trainspotting
  • Funny Games

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  • Climax

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • The Iron Claw

    ★★★★★

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    ★★★★½

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  • Mulholland Drive

    Mulholland Drive

    ★★★★★

    I'm not even going to write anything of significance. You fucking know why I'm giving this 5 stars. Not because the man died today either.

  • The Florida Project

    The Florida Project

    ★★★★½

    This one got me. It’s such a raw, human story about low-income people portrayed with honesty. You rarely see stories like this, where the characters are real, flawed, and vulnerable without being reduced to clichés or stereotypes.

    The dialogue is perfect. It feels lived-in, natural, and unpolished in the best way. Moonee and Halley aren’t always likable, but that’s what makes them so compelling. Willem Dafoe was incredible in this. He brings a quiet, exhausted compassion to Bobby that adds…

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★½

    3 stars feels generous, honestly. I think Eggers was hamstrung, either by the source material or the studio, because this lacked any of the creativity I associate with his work. A black-and-white aesthetic, like he used in The Lighthouse, would’ve served this story so much better. Instead, it’s a bland and boring take on Nosferatu that feels more generic than inspired.

    People are praising Depp’s performance, but I found it completely lacking in subtlety. The dialogue was so muffled that…

  • Boogie Nights

    Boogie Nights

    ★★★★★

    I watched this last night until 2 AM after an entire Sunday of weed and some beers here and there. I obviously loved it. I figured I would use my rental to it's fullest extent and watch this movie again with a clearer perspective and I could not be happier I did.

    Boogie Nights is a perfect example of how to balance chaos, humor, and heartbreak while keeping an audience completely engaged. Paul Thomas Anderson’s ability to take a story…

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