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Favorite films

  • The Maestro: King of the Cowboy Artists
  • Popeye
  • What's Up, Doc?
  • Rififi

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  • Fireworks

  • Brief Encounter

    ★★★★★

  • Lemon

    ★★★½

  • Manual of Arms

    ★★★★

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John Wick

2014

★★★★ Liked 1

I thought this was a film about a candlemaker. Wtf.

Burden of Dreams

1982

★★★★½ Watched

I’m a big fan of Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way. A lot of it resounds within me and feels very encouraging. She often totes, “as we move towards our dreams, we move towards our divinity.” This has really fascinated me. As Herzog puts it, the only difference between “us” and him is that he knows how to notice his dreams and bring them forth into reality. That it is his responsibility, in a way, because he understands how to bring…

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Fireworks

1997

Liked Watched

Absolutely loved how patient this was. Earlier this year I got really into Tezuka and a couple other classic manga artists. I in Understanding Comics there’s this section about how American comics have way fewer meditative ellipses than Japanese comics specifically. That’s something that definitely drew my attention and something that continues to. I absolutely love the idea of slow cinema, slow art that forces us to sit with things and sit with them for a long time.

Unfortunately I had to break this one up over a couple viewings so I can’t say I got the full emotional experience. But this was awesome.

Brief Encounter

1945

★★★★★ Liked Watched

Absolute bloody horror show.

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Ghostlight

2024

★★★★ 3

Lady Bird for Sopranos dads

The American Society of Magical Negroes

2024

★★★½ Liked Watched

Is this what happened to Drake