Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Hole in the Ground 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Jun 2023

  Deftly disturbing supernatural horror and searing parental drama, Lee Cronin's The Hole in the Ground trades shopworn family-themed horror tropes for uniquely terrifying thrills, beautiful cinematography and brilliant performances from Seána Kerslake and James Quinn Markey.

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  Passage of Venus 1874

  Watched 03 Jun 2023

  The oldest film listed on IMDB and Letterboxd, and its 6 seconds opened the floodgates to a world of art and innovation.

Popular reviews

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  Time of the Apes 1987

  ★★ Watched 23 Sep 2018

  This could have all been avoided if only Johnny had cared.

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  Stop Making Sense 1984

  ★★★★★ Watched 10 Jul 2018 5

  Stop Making Sense is the best movie I saw this year and one I can see myself watching over and over again.

  I've listened to Talking Heads before, but 2018 was the year I really got into them. It was also the year I discovered that they had made this movie and that David Byrne had directed True Stories, which I had the good fortune to watch on Filmstruck before it shut down. My favorite albums would be True Stories,…