Favorite films

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  Buster's Mal Heart 2016

  ★★ Watched 12 May 2022 1

  The virgin Buster
  -addicted to caffeine pills
  -destroys himself and everyone around him while accomplishing nothing
  -watches deranged conspiracy videos
  -a graveyard shift hotel concierge
  -Deeply confused and so is the audience
  -didn't make me cry at all

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  the chad Elliot Alderson
  -addicted to morphine pills (and more)
  -destroys himself and everyone around him while taking on global terrorism and society itself
  -gets high and watches Back to the Future with Angela
  -greatest hacker to ever live
  -grabs his…

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  Five Easy Pieces 1970

  ★★★★½ Watched 17 Jun 2022 2

  Hands down my favorite Nicholson performance. He brings so much complexity and sympathy to a character who makes it very hard to root for him. He barely roots for himself, as to invest any emotions into hope for contentment is only setting himself up for disappointment. He claims to push those closest to him away to protect him, but he knows that's a lie. He can't make a clean break, because he still craves some sort of connection, even if…

Recent reviews

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  The Boy and the Heron 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Dec 2023

  A beautiful send off for one of the most important artists to ever live. Pure magic for 2 hours with a very human and real message pulled from a very surreal world. Absolutely lovely.

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  Trust 1990

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Dec 2023 7

  I've never felt so instantly comfortable in the unique world of a filmmaker as I have with Hal Hartley. Achingly sincere in its gentle absurdisms. You'll get a brilliant piece of satire (the Matthew watching TV scene might be the funniest thing I have ever seen) but played in complete earnest. These characters don't really act like people act but they certainly feel like people feel.

Popular reviews

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  Mädchen in Uniform 1931

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Nov 2021 3

  I just can't believe that a film like this came from 1931 Germany. Not only ahead of its time but progressive and impactful in its anti-authoritarianism even now. Even beyond the openly-queer romantic longing, this is a film about female comradery.

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  Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown 1988

  ★★★★ Rewatched 19 Oct 2021

  Candela is such a gem of a character.