Favorite films

Recent reviews

• 

  The Killer 2023

  ★★★ Watched 29 Nov 2023

  Fassbender avec un grater de fromage est moi. Really gripping stuff. Florida chapter - didn’t know Fincher had it in him. Following a lengthy discussion with good friend and adamant refuser to properly use Letterboxd, definitely one of Fincher’s stronger works.

• 

  Jigarthanda DoubleX 2023

  ★★★★ Rewatched 15 Nov 2023

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

  SPOILERS!

  “…every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York – every Monday these same oranges and lemons left by his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves”

  This was me coming out of my rewatch of ‘Jigarthanda DoubleX.’ Almost speechless at what I had witnessed (having seen it already and knowing all the beats), I am in awe of what Subbaraj has created: a masala film through and through, and simultaneously a…

Popular reviews

• 

  Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special 2022

  Watched 30 May 2022 1

  On 11th February 2015, Rolling Stone published an article ranking every cast member from Saturday Night Live. As a sucker for anything listed and ranked (the latter quality is what Schindler’s List desperately needed), I decided to check it out. In 139th place (out of 145), was a Mr Norm Macdonald. The description read:

  “Macdonald clearly thought he was hilarious, and that counts for something — confidence is essential for a “Weekend Update” anchor. Unfortunately, he was just a Dennis Miller…

• 

  Pathu Thala 2023

  ★½ Watched 30 Mar 2023 2

  Spoilers! 

  https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/pathu-thala-flawed-entertaining

  Where the fuck did that horse come from? At least Chekhov it in, jeez. 

  Really didn’t mind this compared to Varisu, Thunivu and Vaathi, but that’s not saying much. I hope to see more decent stuff from Simbu. Highlights include:
  Gautham Karthik for all of the film,
  Priya Bhavani Shankar’s facial expressions when those lorries almost hit her,
  the three song sequences I named in the review,
  and the action was surprisingly good.
  Lowlights include: 
  A lot.

Following