Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Past Lives 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Feb 2025

  “See you then.”
  *puts hands on knees and takes deep breaths*

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  Midnight Special 2016

  Watched 20 Feb 2025

  The cold open gets me every time. It’s mysterious, the music is phenomenal, and has some great car noises/shots. Great title card reveal as the car speeds away into darkness.

Popular reviews

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 24 Jul 2023 1

  Best way to watch this is on your phone, right?

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Jan 2025

  Watched on 70mm at the Village East Angelika in NYC. 

  Took me a bit to figure out how I felt about this. Like most, the first half was immediate. It feels like a grand return to cinema with this massive VistaVision format. It’s so well made, incredibly acted and that score is something else.

  The second half was tough to swallow. It was hard to look at, hard to experience. So much so that it’s weird to say that I…