Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Fargo 1996

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 17 Mar 2025

  Re-watch with commentary track.

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  Boogie Nights 1997

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  Fine Arts Theatre, Beverly Hills (70mm)

Popular reviews

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  Babylon 2022

  ½ Watched 26 Dec 2022 1

  I'm sure Damien is a very nice man, and I wish him nothing but good luck--but do you think there's any chance we could convince him to voluntarily change careers?

  No director's films piss me off like Chazelle's do. They *look* like movies--they have titles and characters and end credits--but they're just empty vessels. There's no magic, no art, no life, no *entertainment*.

  As much as I hated his other films, this one took my vitriol to new levels. Just…

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  Anora 2024

  ½ Watched 17 Dec 2024 3

  Breathtakingly awful.

  "Overrated Film of the Year!" (See, also, THE BRUTALIST.)