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Favorite films

  • When Harry Met Sally...
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

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  • Beautiful Boy

    ★★★½

  • Cold War

    ★★★★★

  • The Tree of Life

  • Something's Gotta Give

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  • Beautiful Boy

    Beautiful Boy

    ★★★½

    Technicality aside, this movie strings to my heart an important aspect of parent-child relationships: the love behind giving up. This movie helps me realize that the complexity behind a father-son relationship is present everywhere. Though this sounds obvious, seeing it on screen is different than being connected to a similar relationship in real life.

    A father struggling to keep his son afloat. A son struggling to break through a cycle that damages not only his self-agency, but the others around…

  • Cold War

    Cold War

    ★★★★★

    Simple, but mesmerizing.

  • The Tree of Life

    The Tree of Life

    The nuns taught us there are two ways through life, the way of Nature and the way of Grace. You have to choose which one you’ll follow

    This film is too beautiful to articulate into words. Lubezki’s cinematography elevates the experience and captures the intangible aspects of life overall, through his lens. This quote from the opening line invites curiosity.

     Nature vs. Grace

    Choosing which one you’ll follow may seem like a simple decision, but it can take a lifetime…

  • Something's Gotta Give

    Something's Gotta Give

    If there is one thing about Nancy Meyers’ movies is that they are about old white rich people having existential crisis, but their kitchens are to die for. Beth Rubino, please wait until I can afford a house.

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