Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  In a Lonely Place 1950

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 31 Mar 2024

  Without a doubt, this is one of the great scripts.

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  Maestro 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Dec 2023

  There is a lot to write about for this one (which may come up later on), but one immediate thought afterward is that the much-hyped performance of the finale of Mahler’s second symphony is every bit worth watching the movie for. It is an earth-shattering use of sound and visuals that is absolutely one of the highlights of the year.

Popular reviews

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  Waves 2019

  ½ Watched 12 Feb 2021

  Waves is so far the worst film I have seen in recent memory. It is so overly manipulative with its music choices and dialogue, cinematography that is trying too much while also not accomplishing anything, no reason for so many aspect ratio changes (like really? Do you have to change it to a different aspect ratio after a major moment in the film?), and a plot that pretty much ends half the way through. Do not recommend it at all.

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  Pierrot le Fou 1965

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 16 Nov 2020 1

  Is it a musical, a comedy, a thriller, a romance, or a political movie? The answer is that Pierrot Le Fou may be coming from all sorts of genres, but it would be unfair to put it under a single label. Pierrot Le Fou is a fun, exciting, innovative, poetic, and gorgeous film about two lovers leaving society. As mentioned in Jeanne Pierre Gorin’s introduction to the film you can see it’s roots from famous noir films like Gun Crazy.…