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  • Whiplash
  • Rushmore
  • In a Lonely Place
  • The Red Shoes

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  • A Woman Is a Woman

    A Woman Is a Woman

    ★★★★★

    You know a movie is good when it makes you go "that movie was good."

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  • This Is Where I Leave You

    This Is Where I Leave You

    ★½

    This Is Why I Don't Let My Family Pick Films

  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

    Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion

    ★★★★½

    I'm conflicted on this. I think the latter half is close to a masterpiece, but I didn't care much for most of the first part. The peaks alone make me want to rate this a 10/10, but the first half makes me feel like it's closer to a 8/10. Only makes sense to settle in the middle for now.

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  • The Graduate

    The Graduate

    ★★★★★

    Another film analysis I did for my class:

    As a decade filled with fear of nuclear war, paranoia of communist infiltration, and an increased prevalence of protests and movements such as civil rights and Vietnam, the sixties were a time of rising polarization and sociopolitical anxiety. The Graduate—released at the cusp of the decade, in December of 1967—addressed none of these topics. As Mike Nichols, the director of the film, recounts on the Criterion edition of The Graduate, every test…

  • The Illusionist

    The Illusionist

    ★★★★

    Imagine giving some gift to a stranger and then they go "alright, you're taking care of me now." The gall...