Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Meeting the Man: James Baldwin in Paris 1970

  Watched 11 Mar 2025

  it was a frustrating half an hour watch on mubi to witness the white filmmaker's intrusive need to "understand" when baldwin spoke it as it is. he's "uncooperative". he's "not answering honestly". the one moment we get to see baldwin as he was is precisely when the white filmmaker's silent.

  You can't help but feel that there is something you can do for me. That you can save me. And you don't yet know that I have endured your salvations for so long, I cannot afford it anymore. Not another moment of your salvation.

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  Sing Sing 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 04 Mar 2025

  a criminally underrated and a very important film we have right now in a time where appreciation of art, the process of creating it and how much it matters is at a decline.

Popular reviews

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  The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent 2022

  ★★½ Watched 12 Jun 2022

  "nickkk FUCKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGWHOAHH! CAGE!"

  god this film was chaotic. the chemistry between pedro pascal & nick cage was so impeccable. this could've just been a 2-hour long movie about them watching paddington 2 while crying over their fav films and i would've eaten that shit up

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  The Girl with the Needle 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  a harrowing and very good post-war bodily autonomy horror. it was a neatly paced disturbing descent from one bleak event into another. i went into this blindly so i had no idea what i should expect nor was i prepared for the "based on true events" after it was all over.

  i saw someone referencing the german expressionist when talking about this film's approach to its cinematography and i can definitely see that here! the striking contrasts of black and…