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Favorite films

  • Amadeus
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • The Fall
  • The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

All
  • West Side Story

    ★★★★

  • Impromptu

    ★★★½

  • The Favor

    ★★★

  • Speak No Evil

    ★★★½

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West Side Story

1961

★★★★ Rewatched

Stakes are high but the pants are higher.

Still one of the most visually stunning films ever made. Every frame serves its purpose in the most graceful way.

Impromptu

1991

★★★½ Watched

A queer romance that answers the question: what happens when butch baby bangs Judy Davis meets femme fuck ass bob Hugh Grant? 91 minutes of gender fuckery and prestige actors acting a fool. We love to see it.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

1996

★★★ Watched

Odd choice to frame it as a child’s dream, yet make it so playfully sexual. Performances are solid all around.

The Green Knight

2021

★★½ Watched

(CONTAINS SPOILERS)

The Green Knight (2021), with its excellent cast and feast of visual storytelling, does cut a pretty trailer, but it’s hardly the adaptation we’ve all waited nearly 2 years to see. Rather on the slow side, there is plenty of breathing room (often to excess), but often feels wanting. The performances are well-played, albeit terribly subdued, which create interludes that feel tedious. Dev Patel has proven himself time and again that he has the capacity to play a…

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