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skpens

Rating things with the utmost authority

Favorite films

  • The Sound of Music
  • Cabaret
  • Stop Making Sense
  • Call Me by Your Name

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  • La Chimera

    ★★★★½

  • No Time to Die

    ★★★½

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★½

  • The Substance

    ★★

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  • No Time to Die

    No Time to Die

    ★★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★★½

    My gosh…. Deeply deeply stirring, achieved by two incredible performances, especially Kieran Culkin, WOW

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  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    ★★★★★

    ☹️☹️☹️

  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★

    Very effective and impressive balancing of discomfort and humour, almost slapstick in certain moments. I do think the choice of leaving more questions instead of answers works wonderfully for Igor’s presence and person, but didn’t really work re Anora’s desire to stay married, which goes completely unexplained. This explanation that the audience has to infer is disappointing and falls short, as if her job encompasses her entire life. Then you wonder, why did Baker even include scenes from Anora’s house…

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