Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Being There 1979

  ★★★★ Watched 21 Apr 2022

  this is the negative square root of the Bechdel test: everyone is talking to each other about nothing else except for this one guy

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  Mare of Easttown 2021

  ★★★★½ Watched 30 May 2021

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  more than any number of crimes, MARE is a story about small towns in america. by proxy, then, it also has to be about pain, emotional trauma, and intergenerational violence. Inglesby, Zobel, and Winslet were clearly on the same page about this from the jump and it shines through, in every episode but especially in the finale. the uncovering of young Ryan Ross as Erin McMenamin’s killer makes enough sense that the show left just enough breadcrumbs for us to…

Recent reviews

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  The Quiet Girl 2022

  Watched 19 Mar 2023

  knew that was Stephen Rennicks delivering the goods as soon as I was in my seat. man’s digging quite a peaceful niche for himself. the first shot of the well is probably the most gorgeous of 2022 to my eye.

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  Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022

  Rewatched 18 Mar 2023

  the WKWaymond stuff kinda got lost on me on the first watch but when I could pause and rewind and reconsider earlier today, it’s the highlight of the whole movie. lots here simply moves too quickly for me to really get down with despite some of the most incredible instances of Chekhov’s guns I’ve ever seen (the pinky push-ups come to mind). but when this thing paces itself and digs into the muddy emotional logic it’s built for itself…man. it’s…

Popular reviews

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  Molly's Game 2017

  ★★★½ Watched 13 Apr 2020 1

  MY MOM THOUGHT MICHAEL CERA WAS “YOUR DUDE FROM THE SOCIAL NETWORK”

  I AM DEAD, PEOPLE. DEAD.

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  Network 1976

  ★★★★ Watched 21 May 2020

  what did Paddy Chayefsky know and when did he know it