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Favorite films

  • Fallen Angels
  • Inland Empire
  • Akira
  • Naked Killer

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  • Roujin Z

    ★★★★

  • Modulations

    ★★★★

  • The Warriors

    ★★★★½

  • La Chimera

    ★★★★½

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  • Roujin Z

    Roujin Z

    ★★★★

    A comedic story from Otomo, writer of Akira, and it's funny as hell. An old man is selected (forcefully) to be trial subject for a brand new, all-in-one caregiving techno bed. This bed will eventually become sentient with robotic mobility, and starts to cause all sorts of destruction and chaos as they decide to spend a day at the beach. Lots of funny moments throughout with a few tender ones, and a really cute but devious cat make this an underrated anime classic.

  • Modulations

    Modulations

    ★★★★

    An amazing and hard hitting documentary on techno and origins of electronic music. This was an awesome snapshot from the late 90s of many electronic artists that I love in their early years. Autechre, Orbital, and Squarepusher to name a few. The rave and festival footage from around the world was also astounding.

    Seen at Synth Library Portland located inside the Lloyd Center Mall.

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  • Noroi: The Curse

    Noroi: The Curse

    ★★

    File under: scary movies that would theoretically work better if watched on a Compaq Presario 1200 series laptop circa 2002 (and not on a giant movie theatre screen in 2025)

    See also: Pulse, Skinamarink, The Blair Witch Project, We're All Going to The World's Fair

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★½

    Adrien bodied.

    AI bad.