Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Fargo 1996

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 18 Nov 2023

  Triple homicide, eh? Oh jeez! 

  Literally a perfect film, 10/10, no notes.

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  Quiz Lady 2023

  ★★½ Watched 19 Nov 2023

  Real bad case of “they put the only good jokes in the trailer” right up until the last twenty minutes or so which were a surprisingly effective mix of utterly ridiculous and funny yet heartwarming and emotional. Really limped along painfully before it stuck the landing!

Popular reviews

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  Titanic 1997

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 03 May 2020

  I’m probably incapable of reviewing this film without bias because I watched it so many times growing up on two VHS tapes. I actually went into it tonight expecting that it wouldn’t entirely hold up, fearful I’d ruin the way it lived in my memory. 

  I needn’t have worried. 

  Titanic is a masterpiece. You may criticize it for sticking to tropes or leaning too heavily into the saccharine or some of the laughable dialogue. But truth is, even as I…

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  Alphaville 1965

  ★★★½ Rewatched 25 Jul 2020 1

  This was the first Godard film I watched, back in college. I loved it then, and it still holds up. Godard’s version of noir is a lot fun. 

  And on a personal note, I was able to understand like 20% of the dialogue without subtitles and I am super proud of that progress. Thank you, Anna Karina, for enunciating so beautifully.