Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  School of Rock 2003

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 03 Dec 2023

  A pop-cultural touchstone.

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  The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 23 Nov 2023

  Slick, sick, and sexy — hard to beat.

Popular reviews

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  Reservoir Dogs 1992

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 24 Oct 2021

  Maybe the real Reservoir Dogs were the friends we killed along the way.

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  Boogie Nights 1997

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 18 Nov 2021

  Much has been made of Inglourious Basterds’ closing line—“You know something, Utivich? I think this just might be my masterpiece.”—serving as Tarantino’s elucidation of his own mastery by smash-cutting to his signature “Written & Directed by…” calling card; on my umpteenth viewing, I realised the same could be said of Boogie Nights’ final quote—“I am a big, bright, shining star.”—which comes just before Paul Thomas Anderson flashes on-screen, recontextualising Dirk’s affirmation as PTA himself proclaiming wunderkind status (and rightfully so, mind you, as sometimes this is my favourite film ever, while on every other day, it’s merely one of my all-time favourites).