Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Belly 1998

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Nov 2023

  Not a great script, but it struck a strong note between griminess and campiness, gunning for the spirit and aesthetics of Godard's "Pierrot le Fou". Good stuff, would love to see Hype Williams make more feature films.

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  Talk to Me 2022

  ★½ Watched 04 Oct 2023

  Whichever one of you is going through Ari Aster's wastebin, please knock it off. It's not funny!

Popular reviews

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  Good Time 2017

  Watched 17 Feb 2018 1

  As someone who has grown to hate NYC on film in the 21st Century because most of films in this locale are rom-com boring rich white people films, this was a refreshing escapade into the more hidden margins of Queens, NY. The mistakes of white criminals still hurt black and brown people who have the misfortune of crossing their path. Overall, beautifully captured atmosphere, and the film took some bold turns. Great.

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  Island in the Sun 1957

  Watched 12 Oct 2020

  This film seems to exist in the tradition of films that were trying to transcend the status quo reductionist dialogue on race and racism in their time, but don't really succeed even though there is progress in micro-doses here and there. Other films that belong to this tradition that come to mind are Powell & Pressburger's "Black Narcissus", Renoir's "The River". Much like those films, this film is beautifully made, solid performances all around, you can feel the film trying to…