Samantha N. McDanel

Samantha N. McDanel

filmmaker: writer, director, producer, editor, makeup artist, potential rad human being

Favorite films

  • mother!
  • Poor Things
  • Lady Bird
  • Spencer

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  • Parasite

    ★★★★★

  • Moana 2

  • Flow

    ★★★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★★

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  • Parasite

    Parasite

    ★★★★★

    Rewatched, loved as I always do.

  • Moana 2

    Moana 2

    I enjoyed this, but personally loved the first more, while my partner liked this one more! Funny. I think there’s something quite special about it, while I felt it brought many questions and I didn’t like having a big cliff hanger to wait more years for answers to. I could see where this was a show turned into a movie, but I’m still glad for that change.

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  • The Watchers

    The Watchers

    ★★★★

    What an *awesome* directorial debut! Ishana knocked it out of the park and I’m an instant fan. Great hearing the Q&A after and just observing her great interest in creating and storytelling. She told me I look like Dakota Fanning (who did amazing in the movie btw, along with the rest of the cast) and how we’re both beautiful and I think we’re best friends now???

    Stoked to see more of her talent and more exploration of the concepts they…

  • Licorice Pizza

    Licorice Pizza

    ★★★★★

    Fantastic character work. Including the icky ones and cringe. I was really in this world every second of the way and felt like I knew these characters. I have known these characters, actually, all throughout life.
    I think I wished that the ending was left as something they can’t quite have, a “right person, wrong time” situation. but, like, I get it.

    Something I appreciated was the time spent with Alana. For the most part, our time with Gary is…