Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Crossing Delancey 1988

  ★ Watched 21 Feb 2025

  wish it focused more on the pickle trade

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  All in a Night's Work 1961

  ★½ Watched 27 Jan 2025

  the worst Martin/Maclain vehicle i've ever seen (of three... What A Way To Go set the bar high)

Popular reviews

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ½ Watched 11 Jan 2025

  Damn this movie truly sucked. I can't think of a movie that spoke the language of high cinema without delivering on any promise. Part 1 was ok, certainly the best part though a lot of pointless hero's journey cliches and completely unnecessary scenes. Part 2 is a shitshow, somehow feeling rushed even at 90 minutes. The pivotal scene at the end comes completely out of nowhere and seems to render the early part of the movie fairly pointless. Part 3…

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  Stony Island 1978

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 13 Jun 2022

  Stony Island, the only cinematic love letter to Chicago soul music, is also a rare document of the city pre-formation Film Office, which, beginning in 1980, facilitated classics like Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and The Blues Brothers. In his otherwise mixed review, Gene Siskel called it a ‘beautiful photograph of Chicago.” That photo has come to be even more in focus. Stony Island was shot mostly guerrilla-style, capturing a cityscape barely seen elsewhere… even capturing footage of the funeral procession…