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Favorite films

  • The Tree of Life
  • India Song
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Come and See

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  • Rashomon

    ★★★★½

  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    ★★★★

  • Conclave

    ★★★★½

  • Juliet of the Spirits

    ★★★

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  • Rashomon

    Rashomon

    ★★★★½

    one of the many sins of my movie watching career is that I saw this for the first time when I was like 13, didnt get anything going on, and used it as a point of contrarian-ism that kids love doing when they get into movies. stunning, thought-provoking, etc.. TIL this began filming July 7, 1950, and was already out in theaters by end of august. absurd turnaround. sure I guess.

  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    ★★★★

    got very lost at points of this but ultimately extremely worthwhile

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  • A Different Man

    A Different Man

    ★★★★½

    q+a with sebastian stan and adam schinberg 

    i LOOOOOVED this movie. hilarious and thoughtful and wild and a complete joy to watch. favorite of the year at the moment? sebastian stan i did not know you had this in you my brother.

  • Past Lives

    Past Lives

    ★★★★★

    “see you then.”
    holy-
    not theologically or revolving around God or any other deity but revolving around us, around our relationships to people, around those we love;
    holy in recognition of the self, the scale of that self, the aching attempt to blast that self into every place and every time to every person that we have or could have crossed by;
    holy in the weight of moments, days, trips to a landmark, trips to a small pasta place, or…