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  The Straight Story 1999

  ★★★★½ Watched 16 Jan 2025 2

  It will have been a year since my grandfather died next week. He was a good man, and it’s hard not to be reminded of him with The Straight Story. It’s impossible not to think about David Lynch as well, for obvious reasons. I’m going to try to articulate this, so just bear with me.

  As my grandfather got older he began to recognize, I think inwardly at first, that he was living in a world that had passed him by.…

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  His Three Daughters 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Sep 2024

  There’s an expectation of siblings that is impossible to meet. It’s one of the great myths, really. That we grew up with these people must imply an inherent bond or understanding. Sometimes that’s true. In the best-case scenario where our interests align, or our personalities don’t clash, our siblings can be our greatest friend or our strongest ally. Other times, well, it’s another recycled Christmas dynamic or a silence-breaking “how have you been?” are the extent of the upbringing we…

Recent reviews

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  Double Indemnity 1944

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  One last cigarette for the road, baby

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  Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Feb 2025

  Hop in, Pen Pen. Let’s get the hell out of here

Popular reviews

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  Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs 2023

  Watched 25 Sep 2023 1

  He died like a dog

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  Past Lives 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Aug 2023 1

  Past Lives has the surface level themes about fate and love and the common "one that got away" and "will they, or won't they?" tropes, but it is so intimate and understated in a way that just completely breaks your heart.

  The draw of Past Lives is those themes and those tropes, but its strength is their depth. At 106 minutes, Celine Song, in her directorial debut, has to pick and choose where to spend her time in the past for our characters,…