Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  Soderbergh was locked in as usual.

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  Presence 2024

  ★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Popular reviews

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  The Wind That Shakes the Barley 2006

  ★★★★★ Watched 11 Dec 2024

  This was a great film. Out gunned and out numbered, the people of Cork have an uphill battle during the Irish war of Independence. Much of what I know about Irish history is through literature and film. The performances were very emotional. Ken Loach did a brilliant job directing and writing it, despite not being Irish. Some of the lingo went over my head, but I can see how someone who knows the culture better this would be effective storytelling,…

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  Sugarcane 2024

  Watched 23 Feb 2025

  I was a little hesitant to watch because of the subject matter but I'm really glad I did. The impact of Indian Boarding Schools isn't well known to American public. Even though the subject of this doc is the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation, there's a through line about the larger impact of colonialism and generational trauma. The ending conveyed so much and had a profound effect on me. I thought the lingering silences and open ended questions from the subjects of the film was so delicate and impactful. Beautiful merging of form and content.