Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Copenhagen Cowboy 2023

  ★★★ Watched 23 Jan 2023

  I thought the rotate camera, very slowly and precisely technique was well used. Probably helps with keeping the viewers head on a steady swivel. Couple that with director NWR’s techno cyberpunk aesthetic and use it in full on mode. But yikes the first & second episodes were pretty grim. Can’t help but feel bad for a lot of the show’s characters!

  P.S.
  Letterboxd backdrop is superb!
  
  6 Episodes:
  No. 1 — "Miu the Mysterious"
  No. 2 — "Vengeance Is My Name"
  No. 3 — "Dragon Palace"
  No. 4 — "From Mr. Chiang with Love"
  No. 5 — "Copenhagen"
  No. 6 — "The Heavens Will Fall"

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  The Worst Person in the World 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Jan 2023

  This movie feels like a real strong 4.5 rating. Almost 5 but not quite there. But I am quite sure I’d recommend this foreign film (Norwegian) to any film lover!

  Watched at Kanopy / 1080p English subtitles.

Popular reviews

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  Annihilation 2018

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 31 Aug 2020 14

  “What if all the world's inside of your head just creations of your own. Your devils and your gods, all the living and the dead and you're really all alone. You can live in this illusion, you can choose to believe. You keep looking but you can't find the woods while you're hiding in the trees.”
  
  What an exquisite movie! This is my second / third watch entry and I’m still noticing new connections & themes. The VFX are sublime in…

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  Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 05 Jul 2020 2

  No matter how you slice it, this movie is astonishingly lovable! Edward Norton’s lunatic rants during the first half!

  “Oh, come on people, don't be so pathetic. Stop looking at the world through your cellphone screens. Have a real experience! Does anybody give a shit about truth other than me? I mean the set is fake, the bananas are fake, there's fucking nothing in this milk carton, your performance is fake. The only thing that is real on this stage is this chicken. So, I'm gonna work with the chicken. Hey that’s good bird, man!” 
  —Mike Shiner played by Edward Norton