chris

chris

hi (with the intention of making you watch yasujiro ozu films)

Favorite films

  • Tokyo Story
  • The Handmaiden
  • Phoenix
  • Good Morning

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  • Conclave

    ★★★★½

  • Godzilla × Kong: The New Empire

    ★★★

  • How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

    ★★★★★

  • Godzilla Minus One

    ★★★★★

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  • Conclave

    Conclave

    ★★★★½

    I don’t want to spoil anything, so I will just say this: Conclave is a film that respects its audience. It doesn’t hold your hand or over-explain; instead, it trusts you to follow along these stories of power, faith, and personal conviction that unfolds in the span of ~2 hours. It captures the gravity of tradition and change within the Church without reducing its characters to mere symbols of ideology. As a Catholic, I appreciated how it portrayed not just…

  • How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

    How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies

    ★★★★★

    my life on the big screen if you even care

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  • The Boy and the Heron

    The Boy and the Heron

    ★★★★½

    "the boy and the heron", like many of miyazaki's films, takes us in an incredible journey filled with breathtaking visuals and some twists. mahito, beautifully animated and layered, grapples with pain and ultimately embraces grief and the importance of connection; something i personally was able to relate to.

    what truly elevates the film for me, however, is its extraordinary musical score. it perfectly complemented the sense of adventure, whether it's sailing into the open sea or stepping through a doorway…

  • Godzilla Minus One

    Godzilla Minus One

    ★★★★★

    no hollywood attempt at godzilla has ever managed to craft such an emotional gut punch as this one