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Favorite films

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • The Red Shoes
  • Poor Things
  • McCabe & Mrs. Miller

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  • Son of Saul

    ★★★★½

  • Nimona

    ★★★½

  • Past Lives

    ★★★★½

  • Anatomy of a Fall

    ★★★★½

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  • Dune: Part Two

    Dune: Part Two

    ★★★★½

    "You are not prepared for what is to come."

    For the longest time, Frank Herbert's Dune was deemed not filmable—Alejandro Jodorowsky tried and failed, David Lynch tried with very polarizing results, and for decades since its 1965 release, there was good reason to doubt whether a worthy Dune adaptation would ever see the light of day. Until Denis Villeneuve came along. Arguably, his Dune is a departure from what many fans of the novel might have loved to see: Villeneuve's…

  • Poor Things

    Poor Things

    ★★★★★

    "My father once told me, 'Always carve with compassion.' He was a fucking idiot, but it's not bad advice."

    I really don't know what else to say about this film that hasn't been said already. My expectations were high, considering that Yorgos Lanthimos delivered my favorite film of the last few years (The Favourite) and reviews were so favorable, but those expectations were entirely surpassed by what's now probably my favorite film of the last year.

    I'm not really capable…

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  • Son of Saul

    Son of Saul

    ★★★★½

    Son of Saul is a brutally visceral, but all the more unforgettable portrait of the Holocaust. Here, director László Nemes crafts a soul-breaking masterpiece that conveys the horrors of life in the concentration camp with a lingering focus, forcing us to follow Saul and observe his journey as a distant voyeur, unable to do anything about the horrors inflicted upon the people in his surroundings. It's a head-on confrontation with the brutality and dehumanization of the Holocaust, a quest for dignity and humanity in a world that has no room for either. Tears your soul into pieces without putting them together again–but how could it?

  • Nimona

    Nimona

    ★★★½

    Had to watch something cheerful and uplifting after The Zone of Interest, and Nimona definitely fit that bill. A creative blend of medieval and futuristic high-fantasy elements, this graphic novel adaptation is an engaging and rewatchable display of confident and colorful storytelling. Maximalist on all counts: more is more, visual extravaganza, color splashes, something new happens every second. Not a single second of this goes to waste, which I might have criticized in almost any other film that doesn't let…

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  • The Zone of Interest

    The Zone of Interest

    ★★★★½

    One of the most unforgettable theatrical experiences I've had in a while.

    There was a pretty tense atmosphere in the screening room I was in from the get-go, but not for the reasons one might imagine: An elderly man sitting alone in the front row fell asleep during the previews and, for the next two hours, continued to alternate between breathing very loudly and snoring. Which, with a film so dependent on the sound experience, does distract quite a bit.…

  • Dune

    Dune

    ★★★★½

    "An animal caught in a trap will gnaw off its own leg to escape. What will you do?"

    So, Dune. Easily the most highly anticipated movie of the year for many, which is inevitably going to lead to some reactions of disappointment. In my book, Denis Villeneuve transcends all my high hopes with his visually striking adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic novel.

    To get it out of the way first, the major criticism of Dune so far seems to be…