Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Arrival 2016

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Dec 2023

  Trust me, you can understand communication and still end up single.

  Joe Walker, you beauty. Revisiting arrival for academic purpose and the film rings true to heart yet again.

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  Pretend That You Love Me 2020

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Nov 2023

  “Do you have someone that you talk to about life and shit that goes around?”

  The ending got me. And love how this is reminiscent of Hong Sangsoo and Jon Brion vibes. Gentle, meta, and flowing.

Popular reviews

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  My Broken Mariko 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 09 Jan 2023

  I have been thinking..

  The only way to see someone no longer with us is to keep on living. Please cherish your memories of those precious to you and YOURSELF.

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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Nov 2022

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  Hi, Calum — are you faking your real self or trying to be a better human?
  Hi, Sophie — is everything okay? you feel this world a safe place?
  
  These questions keep ringing as I see “aftersun” unfold in it's own way, breathing through foreground, midground & background. The depth come across as an evaluation that time lends to us. The cut-away(s) serve as a reality-check. The closing shot unfolds like a lost dream that stitches the two-together. What stays? Childhood(s).
  *cut-to-black*