Justin Joseph Hall Pro

Favorite films

  • Shoah
  • Se7en
  • The Dark Knight
  • The Matrix

All
  • Inside

    ★★★½

  • Police Story 2

    ★★★

  • Conclave

    ★★★★½

  • Crude

    ★★★★

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Inside

2007

★★★½ Watched

A mother's love.

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness

2015

★★★★½ Watched

You watch this and you think, "How long ago could our society have been like that? Was it different? Definitely women had less rights. Was it like this?"

Insane access, a woman in the emergency room as she's being sewn up who was left for dead. They had access to her, the surgeon, the murderer, the mother, the sister, the progressive lawyer, the replacement lawyer, the town leader, the mother-in-law, the brother-in-law, a policeman, and you understand how this community…

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History of a Crime

1901

★★★½ Watched

Well, I said out loud, "Holy shit. Jesus!" with the last few frames of this film.

Conclave

2024

★★★★½ Watched

An excellent piece of writing with very modern cinematography (which I wish had a bit more grit and didn't call so much attention to itself - alas, but I do get the idea of formality in the creative choices made).

There are so many great subdued performances all-around. Nothing that shot out at me as super special, aside from Lucian Msamati's vulnerable crying scene. Really a great way to bring attention to the differences in humanity and intersex people in religion.