Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Dottie Gets Spanked 1993

  Rewatched 01 Dec 2023

  Just watched this a month ago, but this time in a theater!

  Those dream sequences must have been so fun to shoot and design.

  The next day, I was at a poster sale and spotted a rare "Dottie Gets Spanked" lobby card. I nearly bought it before I saw that it was like $200.

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  Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story 1987

  ★★★★ Rewatched 01 Dec 2023

  Blessed to see this in a theater (and restored)!

  It's more didactic than I remembered (and Exhibit A for my take that to understand Todd Haynes is to understand that he studied semiotics at Brown), but still very affecting.

  "Close To You" is one of the best songs ever.

Popular reviews

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  She Said 2022

  Watched 30 Oct 2022 2

  Solid one of these journalism movies. They work for me as intended.

  There's a line I found funny where someone's recalling a Weinstein incident and says something like, "Harvey was in a meeting with Scorsese, who hated him" just to make sure there's no way the viewer might get the wrong idea about Marty.

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  It's a Wonderful Life 1946

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 12 Dec 2019 6

  Who is the guy that gives Mary's boring suitor the key to make the pool open?! Why does he care?!