Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Burning 2018

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 07 Mar 2025

  There aren’t many films that make me feel like I’m experiencing them for the first time each time I rewatch them, but this one never fails to do exactly that. Burning lures you away and puts you in a trance — an unrelenting siren song of a film. It’s a paradoxical film that makes you feel so comfortable and so incredibly in harm’s way at the same time — like being tucked in at night by the boogeyman. The danger…

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  Cloud 2024

  Watched 04 Mar 2025

  There is no one else like Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

Popular reviews

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  Rally 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Nov 2024

  After watching so many bad shorts this year, it’s encouraging to finally see one that has a voice behind it. The director took a fairly simple idea and made the most out of every moment and every frame. Telling an interesting and exciting story with little to no dialogue is an achievement — doing it all in unreal is another achievement altogether.

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  Fears to Fathom: Carson House 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Jun 2024

  Love seeing young filmmakers take big swings. There’s some great moments in there that will only improve as this director makes more films. Excited to see what they do next.