Brendan Em

Brendan Em

Favorite films

  • Columbus
  • Stealing Beauty
  • Eyes Wide Shut
  • Blade Runner

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  • Eyes Wide Shut

    ★★★★★

  • Swan Song

    ★★★★½

  • You Won't Be Alone

    ★★★★

  • A Dark Song

    ★★½

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  • Swan Song

    Swan Song

    ★★★★½

    Some movies hit so close to the heart that they fill you with lamentation for the ignorance of the awards establishment.

  • You Won't Be Alone

    You Won't Be Alone

    ★★★★

    I felt quite bored a lot, but also compelled to return. It's like a poem which keeps returning to mind - especially that one bit about breaking, biting. Seems destined to be the foreign language film I watch most.

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  • 1BR

    1BR

    ★★★★

    The best movie I've seen about exiting Jehovah's Witnesses and resisting the occasional urge to slide back into that false comfort - presumably it will work for your cult too!

  • Midsommar

    Midsommar

    ★★★★★

    Bought this a third time. I switch between accounts and platforms too much. Anyway, for me this is miles ahead of Hereditary (a head, hehe) and tied with The Blackcoat's Daughter for my a24 fave