Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Banshees of Inisherin 2022

  Watched 20 Jan 2023

  I found this to be deeply sad. That’s not a mark against it, just the result of a very well told sad story.

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  Moonstruck 1987

  Watched 15 Jan 2023

  So good.

  Funny and passionate and silly, but still grounded and poignant. 

  I hadn’t seen it before, and so I was pretty quickly reminded of Love, Actually. Except, this feels less cynical. It’s the silliness that is different, and love IS pretty silly.

Popular reviews

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  Mulholland Drive 2001

  Watched 26 May 2019 3

  This is actually my first David Lynch. Obviously he’s been on my list for a while, but I just never got around to it.

  Was this a good place to start? It’s hard to tell.

  I’m not sure if I liked it or not. It’s difficult to tell because it felt like it was in a different language. It felt like there was intention, but I didn’t have the right vocabulary. In some ways it felt like 8 1/2, but…

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  The Lighthouse 2019

  Rewatched 25 Jan 2020

  Every moment is a feast. If it’s not the visuals it’s the dialog.