Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Sundown 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  Great performance from Tim Roth, but what I most admire is how much Michel Franco despises the rich.

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  3 Days in Quiberon 2018

  ★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  Very well acted and shot! Love that it only looks at a snapshot of her life.

  I guess I’ve gotta watch some Romy Schneider films.

  Not sure about the journalist’s interview technique. Very different to mine - have a conversation and see it where it goes.

Popular reviews

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  Hard Truths 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Mar 2025

  I agree, babies don’t need pockets.

  Lots of funny moments in Pansy’s rants, but you can also feel exhausted and frustrated by them. I think that was the point of them.

  Best scene for me was the Mothers’ Day lunch at Chantelle’s flat. Chantelle’s family are all bright and happy, while Pansy’s son and husband are downcast and solemn. It’s a fascinating contrast, displaying some sort of unspoken trauma affecting the family.

  I’m left with a lot of questions, but I’m also left with a fully-realised portrait of someone in crisis and suffocating too much to cry for help.

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  Nickel Boys 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 04 Mar 2025

  Wow! I’m surprised the Academy would recognise something so daring. The people who voted Green Book for Best Picture must’ve all died.

  A very bold piece of cinema. Takes the grammar of film to some exciting and gorgeous places without losing its heart.

  Just really blown away by this.