Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Feb 2025

  Plazadrome 35mm

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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Dec 2024 1

  This fucking rocks. Easily my favorite of 2024. The acting is insane. The direction, cinematography, SFX, score, production design - all incredible. On top of that, you can feel that Eggers is working with material he absolutely adores here.

  It feels closer to The Witch and The Lighthouse and features a few signature scenes he seems to love to direct (I won’t go into spoilers). It’s clear that Focus gave him more freedom here than they did on The Northman, and…

Popular reviews

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  The Cotton Club 1984

  Watched 08 Apr 2024

  @ The Plaza with Francis Ford Coppola celebrating his 85th. He sat in the audience, ate birthday cake, and answered questions until 1am. Something to tell the kids about!

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  Thief 1981

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Dec 2020

  Neon laced heist banger with a pulsating synth score by Tangerine Dream. I think we have this film to thank for Drive and Uncut Gems.