Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Thing 1982

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 22 Mar 2025

  *Special Guest conversation with John Carpenter moderated by Bong Joon Ho*

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  Naqoyqatsi 2002

  ★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  The 3rd film in this trilogy is about “civilized violence” and basically shows how humanity has steered away from the natural world and embraced a fake (digital world). Civilized violence takes many forms in the film: sports, war, politics, money, technology to name a few. The computer is remaking the world into its own image and likeness. A fascinating idea that is technically not wrong. The biggest problem is the visuals simply do not live up to the first two…

Popular reviews

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  Fire Island 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 24 May 2022

  I feel like people are gonna watch this alone at home on Hulu and then write reviews that miss the point.  

  I saw this in a crowded theater full of gay people and we had the best time.  It was so much fun.

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  Summertime 1955

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 30 Jun 2022

  The gardenia being Jane’s dream flower and it always being unobtainable to her is probably one of the best uses of symbolism I’ve seen in a love story