Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Modesty Blaise 1966

  Rewatched 25 May 2022

  For the most exciting drinkware on film, look no further

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  The Thing 1982

  ★★★½ Rewatched 17 Apr 2022

  The design and puppetry is rightly lauded, but I also love the visceral, elemental juxtaposition of temperature extremes throughout; everything is either freezing or burning. The combination of the cold arctic setting with steaming flesh and the torching of mangled bodies is so visually and sensuously arresting, infusing the paranoia with acute elemental substance.

Popular reviews

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  Batman 1966

  Watched 05 Mar 2022

  High camp that embraces the inherent absurdity of batman is the only batman I need!

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  A Matter of Life and Death 1946

  Rewatched 21 Oct 2021

  “And here’s the earth, our earth, moving around in its place, part of the pattern, part of the universe. Reassuring, isn’t it?”

  i find something about this film profoundly cathartic. i've returned to it often over the past year and each time it's given me warm, gentle consolation