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Favorite films

  • Badlands
  • Inherent Vice
  • Senna
  • For All Mankind

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  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

    ★★★★

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

    ★★★★

  • The Apprentice

    ★★★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★★

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  • The Apprentice

    The Apprentice

    ★★★★

    I love that they used different cameras for each decade of the story. This was good. I don’t like the bits of dialogue foreshadowing. Thought it to be cheesy. Performances are great. Cool to see Donald’s storyline put to narrative. Kind of a trip.

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★★

    Astounding. Someone really designed everything around me. Someone designed everything.

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  • Senna

    Senna

    ★★★★★

    faith, dedication, agression, intelligence, pride, and fear on full display. this cohesive brief on the greatest racer of all time is pieced together by exceptional footage in the car, on the track, off the track, and around his life. may we all have a drop of the passion and yearning for success that senna had. 

    i saw this 15 years ago, before i ever thought critically about the construction of a film, or the contents of a story. i knew…

  • Inherent Vice

    Inherent Vice

    ★★★★★

    "She's not just a boat, Doc. She's much more than that."

    seen 5 or 6 times now, and given an asbentminded amount of time from it, i'll be equally excited to watch again. 

    this is the most complex, mentally stimulating, emotionally dynamic thing i've seen off the top of my head. it brings me joy, laughter, sadness, tenderness, and a sense of mystery that goes beyond what is seen or heard on screen. it's my feel all things movie. 

    how…

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