Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Elvis 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Mar 2023

  this wasn’t a bad film, but it didn’t need to be three hours long…

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  Unsane 2018

  ★★★ Watched 05 Mar 2023

  it’s hard to believe that this came out in 2018, it feels at least 15 years older than that. 

  i can’t tell if i hated this film, or if i loved it. one scene was really triggering for me, but also it was just weird and i don’t know what else to say… i like films that are good depictions of poor mental health, and i think this was that, but i hated it, but also it was interesting.

Popular reviews

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  mother! 2017

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 28 Feb 2023 1

  this is one of my favourite films ever - strong biblical undertones is my favourite thing to see in cinema.

  it is clear that Javier Bardem (Him) represents God, and Jennifer Lawrence (Mother) represents Asherah, who is the ancient semitic goddess of fertility, traditionally believed to be the wife of Yahweh (God), but she could also be a personification of earth, God’s first love, Mother Earth. the first man who shows up is Adam and after him is Eve, his…

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  Dreams 1990

  ★★★★½ Watched 26 Feb 2023

  watching this film felt more like watching a play, than a movie. ‘The Tunnel’ was the scene that hit me the hardest, but all of them were equally poetic and… bewitching. 

  there’s not much to say about this film, i don’t think it’s anything that can be put in words, it’s just spectacular. i find the concept of turning one’s dreams into a movie to be really interesting and kind of inspiring, i’ve always loved dreams and talking about mine…

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