• The Starling Girl

    The Starling Girl

    ★★★★

    of course the daughters of cain are already all over this, can’t have shit in sexually repressed, extremely religious, small town america!

  • Earth Mama

    Earth Mama

    ★★★★½

    I’ve been anticipating the release of this movie since I heard about it earlier this year and omg, it did not disappoint. I had so many tears while watching this one- it’s so personal, so real, and crafted with so much love and empathy, not to mention, a directorial debut! I cannot wait to be seated for every single one of savanah leaf’s future projects. easily in my top 5 of 2023 and I wish more people were talking about it. please stop what you’re doing and go watch this!

  • May December

    May December

    ★★★½

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

    “this isn’t a story, this is my life” 

    deeply sickening and deeply heartbreaking, but wow- I think we really needed a movie like this- especially now. one finally calling out the exploitative, borderline fetishizing, and obsessive nature people have with true crime and trauma. tabloid culture never left, it’s just taken new forms as limited series, movies, podcasts, etc. (kinda ironic netflix released this huh?) and will always be more about the indulgence rather than “trying to find/understand gray area” and…

  • The Empire Strikes Back

    The Empire Strikes Back

    ★★★★★

    snow storms, nearly freezing to death, meeting old unhinged family friends for the first time, father/son drama, you know! christmas vibes!

  • Funny Face

    Funny Face

    ★★★★

    “how could I be a model? I have no illusions about my looks- I think my face looks funny.” 
    *cue freeze-frame and helen mirren voice* note to the filmmakers: audrey hepburn is the wrong person to cast if you want to make this point. 

  • The Exorcist: Believer

    The Exorcist: Believer

    ★½

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

    the audacity… the nerve… the disrespect of this film to bring back the ellen burstyn just to have regan from wish blind her… oh, I’m baffled.

  • Star Wars

    Star Wars

    ★★★★★

    let’s be honest, every season is star wars rewatch season, but christmas tree up-fireplace lit-cup of hot cocoa-cozy blanket-star wars rewatch season is finally back baby!

  • The Family Stone

    The Family Stone

    ★★★★

    rachel mcadams is so mean in this that she out-means her own performance as regina george in mean girls

  • Little Miss Sunshine

    Little Miss Sunshine

    ★★★★★

    I’m not superstitious, but in the 5 months I didn’t watch this, I swear I’ve had the worst string of bad luck- I’ve gotten 2 flat tires on 2 separate occasions, my eyesight has gotten worse, and the 50 bucks I just had quite literally disappeared into thin air… now, logistically I know these two things can’t possibly be related, but you tell me…

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★★★

    so glad that I’m finally able to understand this masterpiece in it's entirety, but now I feel like shit and my day is ruined

  • Twin Peaks

    Twin Peaks

    ★★★★½

    can’t form a single thought, all I know is twin peaks has taken over my life indefinitely.

  • Chicken Run

    Chicken Run

    ★★★★½

    the great escape what? the shawshank redemption who? sorry, but the only prison break movie I know and love is chicken run (2000)!