Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Inspection 2022

  ★★★ Watched 30 Oct 2022

  Film festival Q&As are always a minefield, but the leftist old ladies of Cambridge really went for it after this one. On some level they’re correct: the ideas about “found family” here are borderline nonsensical in the context of the US military. On another level, they predictably miss the point that queer people of color are forced into these impossible choices - filmmaker and audience probably share the responsibility for that oversight.

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  Women Talking 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 27 Oct 2022

  Almost evasive at first, with a particular mix of metaphor and specificity that feels strange. But that strangeness unfolds into beauty with total self-assurance and grace. Would make a lovely double feature with 20th Century Women.

Popular reviews

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  Gunda 2020

  ★★½ Watched 19 Sep 2020

  This is basically a long series of “Farm Life ASMR” YouTube videos. Nonetheless, I would’ve rated it even higher if Kossakovsky hadn’t described COVID-19 as “penance” for animal agriculture in the NYFF Q&A. Yikes.

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  Prisoners of the Ghostland 2021

  ★★ Watched 31 Jan 2021

  Frankly defies all odds that this movie could be boring, but somehow they pulled it off.

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