Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Columbus 2017

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 08 Dec 2020

  “Better get going.”
  “I know.”

  This is an attempt at a better formulation of my thoughts than my first review. 

  Columbus is quiet. Tenuous like the relationship it hangs around. It’s like a loose collection of memories of a relationship, all these random scenes, the mundane and the messy. It’s a story about love but not a romance (which is always my favourite type of relationship on film so i’m biased).  

  It’s sort of awe inspiring to watch. It is…

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  The Lighthouse 2019

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Sep 2019 2

  I saw this at FIN Atlantic International Film Festival.

  As a kid I loved visiting lighthouses and seeing the lamps. They refract light in such an absorbing way - turning it into little rainbows and distorted shapes. You could stare at them for hours. The lighthouse is like this, in some ways. You just can’t look away. 

  
  It is absorbing and relentless. Beautifully, beautifully shot (on 35mm). Every closeup is dripping with gritty detail that you can almost smell it. The shot composition and intense monologues steam roll you through it’s runtime. It’s nasty and vulgar and ridiculous. Kind of a romp!

Recent reviews

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  Crimson Peak 2015

  ★★★½ Rewatched 02 Oct 2023

  Best costumes ever put to film

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  Passages 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Sep 2023

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

  People clapped when Agathe left Tomas in that hallway. You LOVE to see a demon twink lose. Also I need every sweater in this movie.

Popular reviews

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  New York Minute 2004

  ★★ Watched 15 Jul 2020 1

  has all of the important parts of any 2000-2005 teen movie:
  - racism
  - really poor surface level jokes
  - questionable outfits
  - black and/or gay people existing only to do a beauty transformation on white girls
  - a banging soundtrack
  - simple plan 
  - not one but two white dude romantic leads 
  - romantic subplots that are incredibly unrealistic
  - bicycle stunts!
  - dog
  - David Bowie cover

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  Relax, I'm From The Future 2022

  ★★★ Watched 19 Sep 2022 1

  Rhys Darby doing a line in the bathroom at a PUP show? that’s kino baby