Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The War of the Roses 1989

  Watched 04 Mar 2025

  Robert De Vito

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  A Real Pain 2024

  Watched 19 Feb 2025

  Jews riding 1st class on a train towards a concentration camp, but they're alright, kind of.

Popular reviews

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  My Dinner with Andre 1981

  ★★★★★ Watched 17 Nov 2021

  Watching this film felt like reading a fortune cookie.
  It left me in a trans-like state, a feeling I have not been left with after the end of any other film. The essence and magic of it comes from its very visceral intimacy, but unlike other films with a similar focus, "My Dinner with Andre" does not feel voyeuristic in nature. You are not spying in on a private conversation. Instead it welcomes you from the very beginning into the…

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  Perfect Days 2023

  Watched 10 Apr 2024

  Perfect Days is directed by Wim Wenders and stars Koji Yakusho, who's partnered by Japanese Toilets. The film journals a week or so of the life of Hirayama, who is a public toilet cleaner.

  Initially, I was thinking of the difficulties in making a film this sublime; for it to work, it must caress gently. Indeed the film is soft yet driven by actions and openness to perceive the subtle beauties in the mundane. One thing is to showcase everyday…

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