Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Albert Brooks: Defending My Life 2023

  Watched 12 Nov 2023

  Terrible movie with many questionable talking-head choices. But I liked it because it’s filled with Albert Brooks clips.

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  One Way Passage 1932

  Watched 01 Nov 2023

  Brimming with life even as it’s pared down to the essentials.

Popular reviews

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  Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood 2019

  Added

  A cautionary tale about filtering the sum of human life through movies. I saw this in close-to-ideal circumstances — old-style movie palace, 35mm, etc. — and found basically nothing to enjoy besides a few marvelously lived-in performances.

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  The Insider 1999

  Rewatched 13 Mar 2022

  We lost so much when people stopped talking on the phone.