what the title says
EJ's Essentials
I'm not going to pretend I've seen every movie out there. These are just some movies that wowed me when…
favorite first-time watches of 2025
films released prior to 2025. no particular order; probably added in the order I watched them this year.
EJ’s 2024: Ranked
I’ve been on my soapbox about rankings and still believe it. In short: I kinda despise the quantitative measurement of…
favorite first-time watches of 2024
no particular order! probably mostly in the order that I did watch these in 2024
EJ's 2023: Ranked
I don't like doing rankings. It's incongruent with my personality and I don't like pitting art against each other. In…
Sundance ‘24
First time attending the festival in-person! My first time in Utah, and what a beautiful place. List order is ~loosely~…
favorite first-time watches of 2023
(for films released prior to 2023; listed in no particular order; I used to cap this arbitrarily at 50 but…
The 61st New York Film Festival: EJ’s Experience
Third time’s the charm! Back at it volunteering at the fest and of course hitting up flicks. This year I’m…
SXSW ‘23
What I got to watch at my first SXSW! Here 3/10-3/15 :) Films were a priority, but I also went to…
EJ’s 2022: Ranked
Released in 2022 (includes some from 2021 that were first widely-released in 2022). If I saw a film in 2021…
favorite first-time watches of 2022
fave flicks I watched for the first time that came out before 2022 (if a movie was a limited release…