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Favorite films

  • Fascination
  • The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan

All
  • The Daytrippers

    ★★★½

  • Gunpowder Heart

    ★★★½

  • Maurice

    ★★★★½

  • Sabrina

    ★★★½

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Fascination

1979

★★★★★ Liked Watched

She sneaks into the room. She takes the gun. She aims it at him. She wants to pull the trigger. She wants to kill him. But she can't. Because she loves her. And maybe she loves him too. So she turns the gun on herself.

"You've stumbled into Elisabeth and Eva's life. The universe of madness and death."

Widely considered to be Rollin's magnum opus, and I can certainly see why. Everything delivers at 110%. The camerawork is gorgeous, creating…

Desert Hearts

1985

★★★★★ Liked Watched

Cay more like GAY.

I was impressed by pretty much everything in this movie. The drama sat comfortably in this Goldilocks zone, not too heavy to distract from the scene itself, but also not too light so that you don't feel the weight of each scene. Just right.

I don't typically point this out for most movies, but the dialogue was very, very good. A lot of the lines worked as either really funny one-liners or were just plain beautiful.…

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The Daytrippers

1996

★★★½ Watched

Daytrippers is a difficult film to describe. It has this certain sort of coziness and warmth that makes you want to be wrapped up inside of it like a thick, fuzzy blanket in the winter time. There's a familiarity about the family dynamic that exudes comfort and evokes a strong desire from the viewer to be a part of it. Simultaneously, we are faced with some of the most infuriating characters and decisions that cause that fuzzy blanket to start…

Gunpowder Heart

2019

★★★½ Watched

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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Sabrina

1954

★★★½ Watched

The men in this were pretty terrible in a 90s rom-com sort of way, but Audrey was a queen as per usual, so the film overall was much more tolerable.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2019

★★★★★ Liked Watched

There's nothing I can say about this movie that hasn't already been said before, but I'll try anyway.

Merciless is the word that comes to mind quickest. There's something about each and every scene taking its time to show us everything without fear or hesitation. Céline Sciamma, evidently a master of her craft, was entirely unafraid to tear our hearts into tiny little pieces. The minimal cuts of the camera gave us so many small glances and gestures, ones we…