Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  The King of Comedy 1982

  ★★★★½ Watched 14 Mar 2024

  The King of Comedy (1982) is a character-driven story but also a character study into the delusional and grandeur ambitions of Rupert Pupkin. It is an expertly crafted and well-directed film by Martin Scorsese that was well ahead of its time and illustrated the dark side of celebrity culture and worship. Perhaps people back then didn’t appreciate it enough or see the value in its message because it bombed at the box office when it was released, but over time, it…

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  The Big Shave 1967

  Watched 03 Mar 2024

  The Big Shave (1967), directed by Martin Scorsese, is an allegory for the Vietnam War. The original title was Viet ‘67, and Scorsese made the film for a protest that was supposed to span a week (“The Angry Arts Against the War” protest). Instead, the short premiered at the 1968 Festival of Experimental Cinema in Belgium.

  If you can contextualize this experimental short within the period it was released, it’s easy to understand how influential this film is, particularly when it…

Recent reviews

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  A Clockwork Orange 1971

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Jan 2025

  so, uh, yeah. I finally watched this one 👀

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Jan 2025

  Chef’s kiss 💋

Popular reviews

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  Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba -To the Hashira Training- 2024

  ★ Watched 24 Feb 2024 4

  Listen, I love Kimetsu no Yaiba and it’s one of my favorite anime series at the moment, but this ‘movie’ was a joke.

  Here’s what this ‘movie’ actually is

  - 5-10 minutes recap from the beginning of the story till the Swordsmith Village arc.

  - 1 hour dedicated to the ending of the Swordsmith Village arc.

  - 40 minutes dedicated to the Hashira Training arc. 

  Save your money. This was legit a scam.

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  Citizen Kane 1941

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 17 Mar 2023 7

  Close Analysis Essay: Citizen Kane (1941) 

  For this review essay, I’ll be focusing primarily on cinematography and more specifically, camera movement, angles, and other aspects of cinematography to explore themes of power in Citizen Kane. 

  Citizen Kane (1941) is a film about a man rising to fame, power, and wealth as a newspaper tycoon. The film uses a combination of high-angle, low-angle, and tracking shots as cinematographic techniques to communicate and portray the themes of power. The dynamics of the…