Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Daytrippers 1996

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Jan 2025

  I feel bad giving two films five stars in the same week, but this movie has some of the most honest relationships I've seen on-screen in a good chunk of time. The dialogue is crystal, the camera shots are weirdly visceral, and the jazzy score is gonna be in my Spotify rotation all week.

  Liev Schreiber, Parker Posey AND Stanley Tucci? Not to mention, Anne Meara as the controlling mother? Could be a new fave... Time will tell.

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Jan 2025

  The energy in this film is "papable." 'Nough said.

  (For real though, surprised by how much I enjoyed this. Ralph Fiennes' homily on certainty is still buzzing in my head.)

Popular reviews

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  Rope 1948

  ★★★★ Watched 02 Dec 2024

  Never heard much about this Hitchcock film, and it ended up being a fantastic surprise! Loved watching the camera move around like a fly on the wall, and didn't realize that it was a pioneering example of the "long take."

  It's an exciting character study around intellectual warfare, and the scattered hints around the apartment made for a killer 80 minutes (pun intended).

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  Robot Dreams 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 23 Jun 2024

  This movie, somewhat unpredictable and entirely wholesome, finds beauty in both loneliness and companionship. It's short, it's sweet, and I'll never listen to "September" the same way again.

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