Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 24 Apr 2020

  A minimalistic masterpiece that is as subtly breathtaking and exquisitely ravishing as the title suggests.

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  Hereditary 2018

  ★★★★★ Watched 23 Feb 2020

  Much like The Exorcist and Cats, I feel like St. Peter might not allow anyone passage into Heaven if they’ve ever watched this film.

Popular reviews

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  Babe 1995

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Sep 2016

  The only thing this endearing and heartfelt children's classic is missing is an extra twenty or thirty minutes. If you're like me, you'll be filled with tears of joy throughout and ready to hug complete strangers by the end.

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  Mandy 2018

  ★★★½ Watched 22 Jan 2019 1

  Most people are going to (and have already) cast this film into the kitschy pile without giving it proper analysis. Inspired by low-budget cult classics and grind house flicks, director/writer Panos Cosmatos composes a phantasmagorical heavy metal opera based on toxic masculinity that challenges outdated film tropes found in the very films it champions.

  So, place your tongue firmly in cheek and check your biases at the door because Mandy is an unnerving, psychedelic trip into the bowls of hell and back... and it’s not for everyone.

  
  If you need any help understanding the film more, please read this article:
  www.vulture.com/amp/2018/09/lets-talk-about-the-most-harrowing-scene-in-mandy.html