Film Reviews

Citizen Kane

★★★★★

Unbelievable. So cool seeing it with a packed crowd at AMC Universal in LA. The jokes landed. The sharp lines landed. Its just the perfect script. Even by today

Black Orpheus

Saw that my Savta had the Criterion disc of this so popped it on her DVD player (non Blu Ray) and watched it on her TV (non 4k)... And if was still really beaut

Blow Out

★★★★★ ↺

Some of the other characters acting is annoying I can admit it. But I genuinely believe this to be a perfect movie. Like the model of the genre

Project Hail Mary

★★★★½ ↺

Gosling is a star

Disclosure Day

★★★½

I can’t say it was bad, it was a Spielberg, but it did feel like there were three different movies being made instead of one coherent movie. Like a lot of big i

Lars and the Real Girl

★★★★

Kinda floored. There's an old Jewish parable about a prince who believes he's a chicken. The king sends for wise men from the farthest reaches of the kingdom to

Rocky

★★★★

So obvious of why and so deserving of being a classic. Inspired countless movies after it. The ultimate underdog story. Really subtle, all encompassing script.

The End of the Tour

★★★

Love Jason Segel on this. Really showing off his acting chops - inhabiting the recognizable characteristics of DFW. Absolutely hated Jesse Eisenberg in this. Ev

War of the Worlds

★★★★

Terrifying. Probably.ome of the scariest, bleakest Spielberg's. But obviously incredible. Dakota fanning best child actor screamer ever?

Hero

★★★★½

Holy shit. Really incredible action filmmaking. Everything feels artificial motivated - the first fight in the temple, the fight with the emperor and the green

Rafa

★★★★

Netflix has really cracked the documentary and docuseries. They might all feel sort of similar but the formula really really works. Super cool to have such an i

Parthenope

★★★

Very much a style over substance movie. But I really really liked the style. Beautiful imagery of Naples. You just live in this dream world that Sorrentino crea

Backrooms

★★★★

Like 3 seasons of Severance compressed into sub 2 hours. I know the YouTube series has been out for years and I'm sure someones already written about it, but as

Obsession

★★★★½

I don't usually do horror. But because of the sensations that they've become, I watched backrooms alone in the theater, took a little break, and went back with

Train to Busan

★★★★

Putting just a little bit of heart into these movies, a little bit of character growth, makes all the action that much better. More meaningful, more motivated.

No Time to Die

★★★★½ ↺

Holy crap is this good. Like really really good. I forgot how amazing it was. Refreshing to see actual locations being used. Actual good cinematography and not

Friendship

★★

I don't know why I thought I could watch an hour 40, dark, I think you should leave sketch. Felt uncomfortable the whole runtime

Malcolm X

★★★★★

A masterwork. Felt like classic Hollywood filmmaking dialed up to 11 - taken to the highest heights it can go. Main feeling I had throughout was: style. This mo

Only Angels Have Wings

★★★

It's nice going back and watching the old black and white Hollywood movies. Everything was more simple, purer, but honestly, the feeling that I had throughout w

The Host

★★★★

Listen it's not parasite or memories of murder but it's still a really well made movie Bong has this tracking shot as the characters are running, where he adds

Shithouse

★★★★½

Oh yeah. Like a bolt of lightning. My exact kind of movie, I'm so happy I watched it. Really feel like this one went into the instant favorite, will definitely

American Psycho

★★★★

Maybe one of the most self-assured movies I've ever seen. The feeling I got throughout was that the director knew she was directing a classic. Every iconic scen

April and the Extraordinary World

★★★

Pretty cool to see an altered history played out so in depth even if the animation was on the level of an animated TV show from the 2000s I watched the original

Looking for Alibrandi

★★★

Fun! Such an early 2000s Disney channel coded movie but with way more cursing, political/cultural messages, and deeper themes. I guess this is Australia's versi

There's Something About Mary

★★½

I......hated this. The sleaziest guys and just a general feeling of being grossed out by everyone's actions. Didn't even really feel funny. Cameron Diaz is by f

Jackie Brown

★★★★

Bit lost here from watching it in parts but still so fun. No one writes a script or uses music like Tarantino

BlackBerry

★★★★

Had to check this out after loving Nirvana the band the show the movie and coming away thinking that there was a really talented, capable director behind the sc

Grizzly Man

★★★★½

<i>I had no life. Now I have a life </i> Beautiful. I read another review that said Herzog is the master of slowly revealing information and it's really true. T

Synecdoche, New York

Well, fuck. Don't even know how to rate this one. Every charlie Kaufman script makes you rethink what's even possible with a movie script. This was utterly bril

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

★★★★½

This was awesome. I've never seen any of their stuff before and this felt like such a fresh, alive form of comedy. It was so alive and played with the mockument

Wet Hot American Summer

★★★

What a weird little movie. So many future A-Listers here. Sleep away camp isn't real. It's too perfect. It exists in like an alternate reality or something

Kes

★★★★

Like a mix of Billy Elliot, Matilda, and Picnic at Hanging Rock. Billy Elliot's the obvious comp; lower class family in Britain - showing the lives of the prota

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

★★★★

I started the book 4 days ago and finished it this morning and watched the movie right away. The book was fantastic. I credibly gripping, detailed, thorough, an

A Good Year

★★★½

Charming! Loved the scenery and the actual on location shooting. A joy to live in this villa for two hours. The movie had like 8 different plots and it overall

Bugonia

★★★★

Hated the ending. But can't deny it's a really competently made movie. And plemons and stone are obviously lights out

Collateral

★★★★

Mann's got the sauce. Well directed - where you can feel the fingerprint of the director in the style, camera moves, direction of actors even. And use of LA. Cr

The Fabulous Baker Boys

★★★★

Really really liked this. I'll always be a sucker for movies centered around music. The lighting and cinematography in this is really standout for me. The story

Paris Is Burning

★★★★½

Really really well made. Powerful. I don't watch enough documentaries but I think this is going to change that. Film is such an important way of capturing a tim

A Bigger Splash

★★★★

Reminded me a lot of Jonathan Glazers Birth in the sense that it feels like there's something bubbling beneath the surface the whole time. That through the came

Marty Supreme

★★★★★ ↺

American classic

Project Hail Mary

★★★★½

Can't be understated how incredible Gosling is in this Deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible

Meet the Parents

★★★

Horror movie

Midnight Run

★★★½

It was a fun time but I honestly don't understand how it's in the top four favorites of so many of those celebrities/filmmakers doing the letterboxed four. It's

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

★★★★½

Aside from being incredibly fun and the quickest hour and a half, just such an intelligent script about growing up and forming your identity. And shot on film!

The Princess Diaries

★★★½

Imagine something like this being made nowadays. Would probably be some throwaway Netflix shlock that would be forgotten about a week after it came out. What ma

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice

★★★

Fun and you could tell the director was competent (more than a throwaway Netflix movie) but I wish the script went through a couple more hands, from more capabl

Ponyo

★★★★

That was so goddamn beautiful. Wish all movies felt like this. Incredibly good score - might be my favorite Miyazaki (have to rewatch Kiki's delivery service an

Send Help

★★★★

Rip roaring good time - this movie flies by Wish I saw it in a packed theater and not on my phone Rachel McAdams forever

The Nice Guys

★★★★ ↺

Vibes Ryan gosling screaming high pitched is my favorite movie genre

Take This Waltz

★★★★

I'm blown away - this was really really good. Let's get the filmmaking praise out of the way; the lighting, cinematography and unabashed use of really vibrant c

Sinners

★★★★★ ↺

The ideas in the script are so solid - and how could anyone hate a movie with music as a core theme

Hot Fuzz

★★★★½ ↺

Probably the greatest script of all time Edgar wright needs to get back to doing this type of stuff

Carrie

★★★½

Good stuff! Couple of thoughts: - the score is beautiful but it kind of lessens the violent, horror intention of the movie. Or maybe that's what de Palma wanted

KPop Demon Hunters

★★★½

So much fun. Golden SLAPS Well deserved Oscars

Dune: Part Two

★★★★★ ↺

A perfect movie. One where every single thing that appears on screen seems not only purposeful, but done in the best way possible. You can't find any flaws or a

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

★★★★ ↺

Still felt a little campy but this time around, especially with all the garbage CGI heavy big franchise movies we get these days, I could appreciate the filmmak

Is This Thing On?

★★★

Cute! Best bits were the getting back together flirting fun. Also there's a transition in this, from a fight to walking down a hallway right onto stage that rem

The Notebook

★★★★½

Why did it take me so long to watch this? A classic Hollywood romance. I'm a sucker for just a really well made movie about two people falling in love with grea

Double Indemnity

★★★★

A good movie, no doubt, I just had a hart time focusing on it. Maybe classics aren't meant to be viewed on a phone will multitasking. Billy wilder undoubtedly o

The Parent Trap

★★★★

Beautifully lit, scores great, the pacings great, directions strong, child acting is incredible. Just a really great feel good family movie. So nice to revisit

Set It Up

★★★½

Zoey Deutch is adorable. This movie was super cute - better than a throwaway Netflix movie but still really digestable and just fun to be in. Also NYC feels rea

Spider-Man

★★★★

Filming on location instead of green screens 🙌🏼 Superhero movies used to be real movies

Johnny English

↺

Fun!

The Negotiator

★★★★

Tight script, great acting, peak Sam L and Kevin spacey. I was looking for a great 90s movie - the type that just feels perfectly constructed and great even wit

Casino Royale

★★★★½

Such a strong entry for the first of Craig's bond films. Marvelled at how right they got it on the first try. Such a fun rewatch and a perfect blend of directio

Say Anything...

★★★

Really cute. Ted moseby core. Just a sweet simple 90s romcom. Are we even able to make simple scripts this good anymore?

Birth

★★★★

I felt the same way watching this movie was I did watching Tar. There's clearly a lot happening under the surface and you're constantly probed as a viewer to lo

Hamnet

★★★½

Liked it but unfortunately didn't love it A lot of time was devoted in the beginning to Agnes' character and how her and william got together but I feel like we

Ratatouille

★★★★★ ↺

Genuinely may be one of the greatest movies ever made. Has any other movie made Paris this dreamy and romantic? And the music! And the script and moral of the s

Sentimental Value

★★★★½ ↺

Emotional gut punch of a movie. Loved it even more the second time but the experience was definitely lessened watching it in parts

Marty Supreme

★★★★★

YES!!! MASTERPIECE!! ELECTRIC!! such a good feeling when you're looking forward to a movie for so long, hear great things about it, and then are still blown awa

The Place Beyond the Pines

★★★★½

Holy crap. I'm devastated. I'm not really entirely sure why because it isn't like anything monumentally despairing happens in the end. The whole movie was just

West Side Story

★★★★★ ↺

A masterpiece. Musicals are movie magic - the stuff of dreams. Crazy that we have a Spielberg west side story

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

★★★★★ ↺

<i>"I'm not brave. I just wasn't in the mood to be a disappointment to everyone"</i> So insanely well staged, written, directed, acted. This thing is Wes on ste

Avatar: Fire and Ash

I dont really know how to rate this. The story and especially some of the dialogue felt generic and stuffy. But the overall world building, CGI, and set pieces

Wake Up Dead Man

★★★★

I love these movies. So much fun and clever and incredibly well written and directed. Just a love of mystery and cinema seeps through the entire thing. I hope w

Arrival

★★★★★

So unbelievably well realized. A director with a vision and an idea perfectly executed. No scene is extra, everything serves the story and the message. I forgot

The Witches of Eastwick

★★★

Nuts cast. John Williams score George Miller directing Should be one of the greatest movies ever but honestly I just couldn't get behind it. I'd never seen it b

Maestro

★★★★½ ↺

I understand the critiques of the movie now - not as focused on one theme and tackling several ideas at once without maybe giving us the insight into Bernstein'

Tampopo

★★★★★ ↺

Greatest movie ever made. The movie that all other movies are based on.

The Purple Rose of Cairo

★★★½

Charming little movie

Network

★★★★½ ↺

Timely as ever. Godly script.

Uncut Gems

★★★★½

I've never seen anything like it. Insane. Electric.

Mistress America

★★★★½ ↺

Such a great script - the whole thing flies by. Not a scene is wasted. Every NYC college freshman should be required to watch

Jay Kelly

★★★★

You know that scene in Babylon where Brad Pitt's character speaks with the critic and questions his whole life? This is that for 2 hours...and it's spectacular.

A Serious Man

★★★

How do you sit through this if you're not Jewish?

The Hateful Eight

★★★★½

He can write, he can direct, he can even voiceover. What can't he do?

Licorice Pizza

★★★★½ ↺

Last time I saw this movie, I was with Aden and Sophie in NYC. It was a cold winter night, and I remember the chill stinging our cheeks as we walked past Lincol

Little Women

★★★★★ ↺

A perfect, perfect miracle of a movie. A masterpiece. I'll rewatch this for years, if only to live in the world that Greta crafted. The world, the Americanness

Roofman

★★★★

Really enjoyed. Some real-life stories are so well suited to be adapted and so fitting for the screen just as they happened that it's wild they weren't adapted

A Summer's Tale

★★★★½

Really really really loved this. Loved the summer vibe. The philosophical conversations about love and growing up. The long walks with the scenic backgrounds. T

We Will Dance Again

Very grateful to the army for showing us this

Kate & Leopold

★★★

Solid Saturday night, run of the mill romcom. Not Meg Ryans best but hey, after you've been the star of the Nora Ephron trilogy it's only downhill from there ri

Brokeback Mountain

★★★★

Tender, delicate, well-written/acted/directed, and great cinematography. The American country is damn beautiful isnt it? When I'm off base, I'll sometimes find

Husbands and Wives

★★★

Woody Allen can write a script

One Battle After Another

★★★★½

I have now also seen One Battle After Another Couple of thoughts: Definitely appreciated the filmmaking more than I actually enjoyed the plot and the story. And

The Hudsucker Proxy

★★★

Felt like a 1950s script for certain characters, a Looney tunes sketch at moments, and a Tim Burton world at others. A zany movie that honestly I kind of did en

Primal Fear

★★★★

What happened to Hollywood making these really tightly scripted, all-star cast, well directed movies Norton understandably gets a lot of praiss here but Richard

Moonrise Kingdom

★★★★★ ↺

I've always loved it but it's even more refreshing coming back to earlier wes Anderson before he started following his self imposed template. Back when the movi

The Phoenician Scheme

★★★½

He's an incredibly talented director but again, I think he's digging WAY too much into the Wes aesthetic we've come to expect of him. As creative and singular a

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

★★★★

Movies used to be filmed on location

Uptown Girls

★★★★

A bit surprised at how great everything was here. A premise that could have been a simple B movie, but a fantastic, character motivated script, great performanc

A Knight's Tale

★★★½

Heath Ledger is the most screen presence, can't look away from the screen actor, I think I've ever seen

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

Charming little movie. Beautiful score. Real, traditional family oriented Disney classic message. Beautiful animation style. Yes, the characters movements were

The Naked Gun

Cherry...Roosevelt...Fat bozo chowing spaghetti Still laughing at that one

Normal People

★★★★★

I'm a wreck right now and I'll be thinking about this for years

Dazed and Confused

★★★★ ↺

Love when you can feel a movie start a movement

The Pianist

★★★★★

A perfect, devastating, heavy heavy movie.

Sorry, Baby

★★★★

Really delicately handled subject matter. Impressive tone management/overall flow and a really impressive directorial debut. Reminds me of past lives in terms o

The Sound of Music

★★★★★ ↺

Went on the official sound of music tour in Salzburg Austria so naturally had to rewatch one of my all time favorites. Defies a star rating for me really. It’s

Modern Romance

★★

Oh I really hated this. I hated the protagonist and couldn't get behind him at all. Left me with a really unpleasant feeling throughout the runtime

The Worst Person in the World

★★★★★ ↺

Gets better with every rewatch. Is it weird to consider this a comfort film? Its still so insane that this is only 2 hours. Really feels like you live an entire

Munich

★★★★

Going into this, I expected to come away with a sense of pride and awe for the mossad agents who were sent out to assassinate the Munich terrorists. I didn't ex

Kramer vs. Kramer

★★★★½

Adored this little movie. So much heart and it all felt so real. Dustin Hoffman is a dynamo. His characters feel incredibly real and lived in; some really touch

Tootsie

★★★★

Can Dustin Hoffman do wrong? Another really great, believable performance. Even bill Murray was pretty good in this one. Great script, tension, and overall mess

Love Actually

★★★ ↺

Some pretty sad stories in a feel good christmas movie like this

Inside Llewyn Davis

★★★★

Happy I finally got around to this. If you like beautiful, simple folk music, NYC in the 60s, and Oscar Isaac it's real hard to not like this one. Not the usual

The Dark Knight

★★★★★ ↺

Saw at an outdoor screening in Old Yaffo overlooking the TEL Aviv skyline Gets better everytime

Sentimental Value

★★★★½

Saw at the opening night of the Jerusalem Film Festival at Sultan's pool. Gal Gadot was there and the mayor of Jerusalem spoke about the importance of cinema. I

Materialists

★★★★

Was it as good as Past Lives? Definitely not. Did it have something to say, was it shot well, and did it make me miss Manhattan? Absolutely

Asteroid City

★★★★ ↺

Layered, complex, incredible script, funny and emotional. The best framing, character blocking, and production design you'll see in any movie ever. Can anyone d

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

★★

Accidentally watched this version and yeah… it’s not good

The King of Comedy

★★★★½

Amazing, obviously. Scorseses camera is so fluid. And it probably is a mix of his directing and Thelma's editing but his movies just move. Time flies by

Miller's Crossing

★★★

Well directed, lit, and a really great set design on some back lot somewhere but the screenplay felt too convoluted for what felt like a more-or-less simple plo

How to Train Your Dragon

★★★★

More like how to train the teen in front of you not to go on Youtube shorts in a theater for half the movie. As far as live-action remakes go I feel like this o

Silence

★★★★½

Powerful, moving, heart wrenching stuff. I still have to wrap ,y head around Scorsese’s thesis here. The dedication and servitude of the faithful? The hopelessn

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!

★★★½

Barrel of laughs. Movies used to look soo good. Shoot everything on film!

Superman

★★★★

I don’t know how Gunn managed to introduce multiple new characters, launch the new DCU, make you care about the story, and make a damn good, funny, entertaining

Mulholland Drive

★★★★½

Absolute fever dream of a movie and a final half hour that makes the whole thing worth it. I do love when directors invite the audience in to make their own int

Parasite

★★★★★ ↺

Love introducing people to international cinema with this one. And watching my roommate slowly lock in more and more as he realized he was watching perfection a

The Life of Chuck

★★★½

Cute! Acts 1 and 3 way stronger Had my hopes WAY too high for this when I heard it was our modern day it’s a wonderful life. It’s not that. But it’s still cute

The Princess Bride

★★★★★

Sort of the platonic ideal of a fairy tale story no? PSA the book is also incredible Longer review when I undoubtedly watch this again in the future but for now

Incendies

★★★★★

I watched this about a week and a half ago and I haven't stopped thinking about it. Even with basically days of watching 2 movies for the past week and a half,

Michael Clayton

★★★★★

A perfect screenplay. Perfectly directed. Incredibly acted - it all felt so real and lived in. Not a beat that felt wasted or a minute that was overdone. One of

Jurassic World Rebirth

★½

Dino shit Bad plot, bad character motives, felt stakeless and devoid of life John Williams score still hits though

A Short Story

Super interesting. Opens you up to different forms of stories and unique ways of storytelling. Reminds you that cinema doesn’t just open you up to other culture

Spaceballs

I watched this movie. Meta jokes were cool

Close

★★★★½

A beautiful, delicately handled, tender film. Incredibly heartbreaking and sad; I really felt heavy throughout the runtime. The director uses the cinematic lang

Iron Man 3

Every once in a while you go to the amusement park and ride a rollercoaster Especially if your roommate forces you to

F1

★★★★

Can’t wait for the Joseph Kosinski tennis movie

Night Moves

★★★

Interesting movie - way stronger back half. Maybe that’s all detective movies that take time to set up 🤷‍♂️

Black Swan

★★★★

Had a really great time with this one. In general I'm a huge fan of the obsessed artist losing themselves in their art genre. I just found myself comparing it t

Babylon

★★★★★ ↺

At some point I’ll have to write a real, long review about this masterpiece. This movie, like whiplash and la la land, will continue to be watched for generatio

Stripes

★★

Nope not my cup of tea. Maybe it was different in the 80s and the power of Bill Murray compelled people to think this was well made and funny but I just couldn’

All That Jazz

★★★★★

HOLY SHIT I'm still buzzing right now. Not just from that ending - probably one of the best, most audacious movie endings I've ever seen - but from the movie as

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

★★★★½

Best of the series? Again, so much nostalgia. I miss the world of HP. Thankful to my roommate for choosing another Potter movie

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

★★★★½

It honestly is really well made. And especially compared to big franchise, slop cgi filmmaking, this has such a realism and beautifully visualized world. Scores

Easy A

★★★★ ↺

Nothing like an early 2000s high school well directed comedy on a Saturday night Emma stones the best

Harold and Maude

★★★★

Cute! like a dark comedy with a real nice life affirming message

Where the Wild Things Are

★★★½

Took about a 3 year break in between starting and finishing this. But i finally came back to it. Nothing much to say. Carry on

Adaptation.

★★★★½

remarkable. I think I'm obsessed with Charlie Kaufman's approach to screenwriting. It seems he's obessessed with breaking any preconceived notions, boxes, genre

The Martian

★★★★ ↺

Just a rip rocking good time. Matt Damon is electric

High and Low

★★★★★

Kurosawa is the absolute master. Character blocking and camera movements/framing really stood out here. Really engaging screenplay. I'm sure this movie invented

The Truman Show

★★★★★ ↺

Perfectly realized - nothing is out of place and everything is essential to the story. Showed this to my roommate and midway through he asked if we could watch

Blade Runner 2049

★★★★

Denis is just the absolute master at worldbuilding in cinema Cinematography 🔥

The Incredibles

★★★★½

Animated movies can be so so good

Captain America: Civil War

★★★½

As the MCU progressed, these movies looked less and less real. This already showed signs of deteriorating but man these movies used to be events. And with not t

GoodFellas

★★★★★ ↺

Unbelievably well realized. There is no element of this that isn’t a perfect fit. The cinematography, lighting, editing, script, acting, directing. Just an abso

The Usual Suspects

★★★★

Finally crossed off my watchlist. Real enjoyable time. Great script from McQuarrie and definitely felt the early elements of action/dialogue/comedy that Cruise

Oslo, August 31st

★★★★

Really heartbreaking. Trier has a very distinct visual style he's able to evoke that I really love in movies - a sort of hyperrealism. A reality that feels real

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

★★★½

King of movies Tom Cruise Really sad to watch knowing this is the last mission impossible. (We’ll always have Fallout) Some crazy action set pieces but overall

Shall We Dance?

★★★★

Like a mix of secret life of Walter Mitty , billy Elliot, and a when Harry met sally ending. Loved

The Silence of the Lambs

★★★★½ ↺

Airtight

Nope

★★★

Didn’t feel satisfied. Good filmmaking but just didn’t do it for me

In Bruges

★★★★

Really brilliant screenplay. Layered, with callbacks to set ups and grim themes that play out in their own way. I guess it was comedic, but this thing was prett

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

★★★★½ ↺

Forgot how absolutely bonkers good this score is. Critical to the pacing of the story too. The editing made this movie MOVE! Stunts were pretty cool, but honest

The Revenant

★★★★½

Most of the love is for the cinematography Lubezki does it like no one else

The Menu

★★★★

Really fun! Felt similar to the structure of Midsommar. Just imagine what Ari Aster would have done with this...

Match Point

★★★★

He SUCKS.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

★★★½

FUN - wish movies like this were still being made. And not the movies that pretend to be fun, simple, well written action romance comedies (Fall Guy comes to mi

Sinners

★★★★½ ↺

So well realized - even better the second time. Feels a cut above a lot of other big blockbuster movies coming out now - like there’s actually care and craft an

The Killer

★★★★

Perfectly crafted

Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story

Grateful I got to spend Yom Hazikaron with my hero A real modern day biblical hero. Lived his life fully and inspired all that he encountered. Thankfully, throu

Wreck-It Ralph

★★★★

TIGHT script. Love when movies are so clearly planned out

Ready Player One

★★★½

Eh. Spielberg not really firing here. Felt corny at times. I used to like this a lot more - does this mean my taste has matured?

There Will Be Blood

★★★★★ ↺

will there ever be another actor like DDL. Masterpiece

Sinners

★★★★

LOVED. love the huge emphasis on building out the characters and story first before getting into it. But once it gets into it, the movie really delivers. There’

Lilo & Stitch

★★★★

great - don't massacre my boy with the live action

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

★★★

Obviously well directed by the finch-dog but this movie wasnt for me

V for Vendetta

★★★½

whats up natalie

Past Lives

★★★★★ ↺

I'll be rewatching this for decades

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

★★★★

Philip Glass.

Good Will Hunting

★★★★★ ↺

A timeless, perfect movie. Matt Damon should have also won best actor

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

★★★★

Such deep appreciation for the animators who made this

Dog Day Afternoon

★★★★

If not for Al Pacino, this movie wouldn’t work. He humanized the character so well Phenomenal script too

The Royal Tenenbaums

★★★★½ ↺

<i>“I’ve had a rough year Dad”</i> <i>“I know”</i> I teared up at that line - just hits you in the gut. Maybe Anderson’s subtlest script. It’s not overtly makin

Memories of Murder

★★★★★ ↺

Stone-cold masterpiece. Make more movies like this Bong!

Like Father, Like Son

★★★★

obviously a beautifully made film - I mean it's Kore-eda how could it not be. I love his style; naturalistic cinematography, close ups, extended dolly shots. Th

The Big Lebowski

★★★★★ ↺

Greatest script ever? This movie feels like a bolt of lightning

Mickey 17

★★★★

I'm not sure what exactly, I expected. I adore parasite and memories of murder, and so maybe I was thinking this would be more naturalistic and more of a classi

Django Unchained

★★★★★

So cool

Conclave

★★★★½

Powerhouse of a film. Cinematography, script, lighting, editing, acting! This thing is GRIPPING

Flow

★★½

That’s gonna be a no from me dawg

When Harry Met Sally...

★★★★★ ↺

So much space in my heart reserved for this movie. Everything about it. The jazz music. The New York photography. The script. The performances. I’ll watch this

A Complete Unknown

★★★½

3.5 or 4 in terms of movie but 5 for vibes. A musical biopic that’s 85% music - sign me up! Gonna go make being a Bob Dylan fan my whole personality

Tampopo

★★★★★

<i>Everyone has their own ladder. Some do their best to climb to the top, while others don't even realize they have a ladder. You came along... and helped me fi

An Autumn's Tale

★★★★

Delightful! Had that early 90's late 80's film aesthetic that I love. Honestly had so much that I love. Heartbreak and falling in love alone in a big city, diff

Nosferatu

★★★★

The work of a master. My sister asked me once why one movie is better than any other movie. Aside from the obvious high vs low art, she was curious how its poss

The Wild Robot

★★★★½

Felt like it followed some sort of proven movie template. The storytelling and emotional beats were almost too obvious. And yet... that template f***ing works.

Roma

★★★★★

Beautiful. Tender. Patient. An absolute masterpiece from Cuaron. The long takes (e.g. the rotating camera on the 2nd floor), the depth of field in so many frame

Cold War

★★★★★

Powerful powerful stuff. Loved every minute of this Sometimes, with the framing, it felt like a Wes Anderson movie. Sometimes, with the plot and focus on the fe

Bones and All

★★★★

So messed up And so beautiful and tender

Kingsman: The Secret Service

If they didn’t screw up 2&3 this would have been such a great franchise. Really builds out the mythology of the organization

Liar Liar

★★★

Comedies used to have such good scores and were so well directed Jim Carrey CARREYed

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

★★★★½ ↺

Forgot there was a whole Seinfeld bit sequence Honestly there are just endless bits in this and with each watch you uncover a gem Honestly cant think of any oth

National Treasure

★★★ ↺

Brings back so many family movie night childhood memories - I must have seen this 5 times before. Loved showing it to my younger brother for the first time and

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

★★★

Childhood memories

Top Gun: Maverick

★★★★★

What the hell was I on giving this a 3 1/2 the first time??? A perfect blend of 80s American propaganda with modern moviemaking techniques. Love the aspect rati

My Own Private Idaho

★★★½

Really well made movie from Van Sant - something that you could see being absolutely trash in the hands of any other director. And I guess that’s something, rig

Phantom Thread

★★★★★ ↺

Daniel day Lewis absolutely consumes every role he’s in - hard to see him as himself and not the character Must feel nice to be PTA and only make masterpieces

Mistress America

★★★★½

"Do you know the word autodidact? It's a word I self-taught myself" So funny; exactly the type of blink-and-you'll-miss-it intelligent humor that I love. Perfec

Interstellar

★★★★★ ↺

I’d been thinking about seeing this in a theater again since I saw the idea for an IMAX rerelease floated online a couple months ago. And then it finally happen

A Real Pain

★★★★½

Oh wow. Thank you Jesse Eisenberg for making this. I've never felt more kinship with a story and more seen as a Jew and Grandson of Holocaust survivors. The sub

Casablanca

★★★★★ ↺

Pure movie magic

Cinema Paradiso

★★★★½ ↺

Greatest movie ending of all time Unbelievable Ennio Morricone score Beautiful plot I love movies that love movies Hall of fame of Yoni movie Perfect way to kic

It's a Wonderful Life

★★★★★ ↺

A perfect movie in every sense of the word. The right way to end a year of movie watching

Before Sunrise

★★★★★ ↺

I met the first girl I had a serious relationship with while on a trip to Vienna. I hadn’t seen this movie at the time, but later on, after watching Before Sunr

City of God

★★★★½

I’m drained. I don’t know what to write. Really powerful stuff. Such unique guerilla filmmaking style which just perfectly suited the subject matter. This lil z

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

★★★★

well-directed. Powerful script. Powerful ending. Some amazing performances - honestly thought all the performances around lead actor and lead actress were hones

Wicked

★★★½

Honestly there were times it felt like a two and a half star movie. There were others it felt like a 4 and 1/2 star movie. I was gonna end it on a 3 but then th

Anora

★★★★½

Such electric filmmaking. My adrenaline was pumping and attention was fully captured from the beginning until at least 45 minutes in. How do you achieve that? I

We Live in Time

★★★★

Adorable. Serious at times. Overall yummy. Felt bad a lot for Tobias though damn Andrew Garfield is the GOAT

Little Women

★★★★★

Amazing. Just absolutely amazing. All movies should be more like this movie. Perfect control of the craft from Gerwig. Great cinematography, acting, screenplay,

The Swimmer

★★★★

Why is this actually really good? Score slaps

A Different Man

★★★★

Does exactly what it sets out to do - and quite perfectly at that. Lots of good messages in here. All of them pretty expected just from the synopsis. What I did

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

★★★★

A technical marvel but also genuinely an enjoyable time. Also checks a lot of boxes of good filmmaking aside from the animation. I'd gladly watch multiple hours

Magnolia

★★★★★

Masterpiece. The quickest 3+ hours I've ever experienced; PTA made this movie MOVE The pacing is just absolutely brilliant. I mean everything about this is abso

Gone Girl

★★★★½

Masterpiece. Rosamund pike is lights out

The Edge of Seventeen

★★★★

Kelly Fremon Craig has to make so many more movies.

Joint Security Area

★★★★½

Really liked! The whole middle portion is just awesome. Park Chan Wooks style is SOO good Anytime the characters spoke english with those god awful accents it t

Wolfwalkers

★★★★½

Perfect little movie. Beautiful score. I love seeing animation styles I've never seen before. Animated movie that will be rewatched for years to come Dear god p

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

★★★★

Really loved it. Really really did. The emotional beats might not have absolutely done it for me but everything else in this movie definitely did. An unconventi

Gladiator

★★★★ ↺

Hollywood production design used to be sooo good

Being John Malkovich

★★★★½

What an insane movie

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

★★★★★

<i>We accept the love we think we deserve</i> </i> <i>I feel infinite</i> I'm not sure I'll be able to write coherently about this one. Sometimes you feel as th

The Producers

★★★★

How did this little comedy have such an orchestral score - by far my favorite part PSA lower the volume on your headphones while watching this one - for some re

Sing Sing

★★★★½

Beautiful gem of a movie. Such humanistic, naturalistic filmmaking. Aside from the plot which pulls you in without ever feeling too dense or preachy, there are

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

★★★★★ ↺

One of the greatest films out there

The Fabelmans

★★★★½ ↺

Beautiful. The divorce scene really got me this time around but all of it is just so heartwarming I remember not liking the score the first time around because

Tokyo Story

★★★★

I love that through movies I can live in another place and another era for a few hours. I love Japan Did I love this movie? Not so much. I appreciated the quali

Burning

★★★★½

I love these types of movies. Over the course of the movies beginning, you know you're in the hands of an expert. Not much might be happening in the movie itsel

The Worst Person in the World

★★★★★ ↺

I'm not even sure where to begin. A monumental piece of art. It was only 2 hours and I feel as though I lived a lifetime. Through the college years, the indecis

Return of the Jedi

★★★★

JOHN WILLIAMS

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

★★★½

So early 2000s rom com coded Did everyone work in either journalism or advertising back then?

Ratatouille

★★★★★

Pixar’s best A perfect little movie that brings me so much joy Gonna be listening to the score on repeat

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

★★★½

Really really enjoyed - better than I thought it would be and better than most other hollywood big budget action movies these days so hats off to that

Sabrina

★★★★½

Loved. Billy Wilder screenplay and direction is the smartest of the old Holywood. I'm not sure how I could love this anymore. Intelligent writing that allows th

Broadcast News

★★★★½

Really really enjoyed this. It played such an amazing balance of romance/love triangle tropes, while also having a meaningful, profound message about the news a

Burn After Reading

★★★½

Hahahah what. Short, sweet, some amazing performances from a crazy top notch cast I forgot it was Brad Pitt, he really became his character WTF was that chair r

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

★★★★½

INCREDIBLE stuff. The fight sequences were some of the best choreographed I've ever seen if not the absolute best. The score, cinematography, directing style. I

Vertigo

★★★★½ ↺

70% of this movies greatness lies in the music

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

★★★★½

Hollywood in the 60s man I love movies

Ocean's Eleven

★★★★★

Perfect movie. No notes. This thing MOVES.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

★★★★★ ↺

This movie moves so quickly. Packed audience at the Jerusalem cinematheque. I overheard conversations before: "Is this movie supposed to be good?" "Isn't Wes An

Another Round

★★★★½

Just a couple of guys being dudes

Groundhog Day

★★★★½

Why can’t we make funny, lighthearted, philosophical, romantic movies like this anymore? I genuinely think only Bill Murray could have played this. And I think

Casino

★★★★

Marty makes 3 hours feel like 20 minutes Goodfellas and Wolf of Wall Streets younger, less accomplished brother

Falling in Love Like in Movies

★★★★½

I swear I had this idea years ago!! But I also feel like anyone whos ever started writing a screenplay or dreamt of writing one has also had this idea. This was

The Muppet Movie

Rainbow connection

Shrek 2

★★★★★ ↺

Unironically a perfect movie. Didn't want it to end. The cinematic and real-world gags and references are just off the charts here and I get even more of them n

The New World

★★★★

Movies set primarily out in nature. Sweeping landscapes. Extended shots of mundanity in nature. Classical music. Emmanuelle lubezki. This is terrence mallick an

American Beauty

★★★★★

I didn’t really know what to expect going in. I never read any plot summaries and aside from the famous rose ceiling shot hadn’t seen anything else from the mov

Mamma Mia!

★★★★

Greatest shooting location ever?? I’m a sucker for musicals and ABBA music is elite Why didn’t they just take a DNA test? P.S. Tom hanks executive produced this

Manhattan

★★★★★

Loved it from the first minute. The wide shots of Manhattan. The sweeping music. The Woody Allen quick talking and social commentary. Diane Keaton. Meryl Streep

Alien

★★★★

Really like the style of these late 70s early 80s movies. Obviously the ship was THE main character and production/costume design gets top marks Also loved the

Taipei Story

★★★

Shortest of the Edward Yang movies but felt like the longest. This one was hard to get through im not gonna lie. Pretty bored throughout. I can recognize the se

Sweet Smell of Success

★★★★★

WOW Some of these 1950s classic hollywood movies just blow my mind. The scripts are ridiculously well written and had a cadence and vocabulary to them that is j

X

★★★★½

Amazing! Such a well made picture. An homage to cinema and moviemaking and also to horror trope (I think - I haven't seen too many but if theyre all this good I

Lost in Translation

★★★★½ ↺

Might be the loneliest comfort movie but I just felt so good watching this. Nothing will beat watching this while in japan for the first time but so happy I can

Grave of the Fireflies

★★★★★

Oh god. This just left a huge pit in my stomach. It was just a slow burn of sadness and it really really got to me. I wanted a sad movie for Tisha B'Av and this

While You Were Sleeping

★★★

Something about a 90s rom com on a Saturday night. Just scratches a special itch Idk if it was the cameras they used or the specific film stock but the way citi

Scarface

★★★★½

BRIAN DE PALMA Good god man you really just were a master of the craft. Flawlessly made stuff Al Pacino of course you have my respects too but I mean come on. D

Do the Right Thing

★★★★½

Oh wow. That’s some powerful stuff Felt the pressure going up and up through the runtime and those final 30 minutes are just through the roof

Iron Man

Holds up real well

The Wedding Singer

Pre Adam Sandlers good acting phase

WALL·E

★★★★½

A masterclass in visual storytelling

Everybody Wants Some!!

★★★★ ↺

So I guess trips home are when I just show movies to the fam that I really like?

Aftersun

★★★★★ ↺

I don’t have the right words to write anything worthwhile but what the heck was I on rating this anything less than a 5

La Haine

★★★★★ ↺

Hard to watch a second time - very much a “watch this masterpiece once and hope not to watch it again” But hey why not show this to the fam right before shabbas

Erin Brockovich

★★★½

Pretty good. Felt too much like Oscar movie Template to me at times

The Rocketeer

★★★

Cute 90s Disney movies were actually kinda well made

Marie Antoinette

★★★★½

How in the world is this movie so lowly rated? Are people blind? Do they not see that every frame in this is a painting? That the craftwork here is undeniable?

Federer: Twelve Final Days

Tennis will never forget you. I’ll never forget the way you made me love the game. Lot of tears during this one

Venice 70: Future Reloaded

Can I count this as watching a movie?

Monsters, Inc.

★★★★★

Severe thunderstorm warning in camp forced us to take all the kids inside and someone chose this movie… I did not realize how scary this movie is to 11 year old

Nomadland

★★★★½

Beautifully directed

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

★★★★½

Really impressive bit of acting, writing and filmmaking

The Fugitive

★★★★

Harrison ford is a good actor!

Goldfinger

★★★

Pretty boring

School of Rock

★★★★

😊

Boyhood

★★★★½

I can’t believe this is a movie that exists. It honestly makes me rethink the concept of movies. This was just real life..captured. Even more real and intimate

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol

★★★★ ↺

So much fun. The mission impossible movie that got me into the franchise. It doesnt reach the heights of MI: Fallout but that Burj Khalifa scene is worth the pr

Risky Business

★★★★

Pissed that at no point did someone say “Hey that’s some risky business” cuz oh boy it REALLY was

Hit Man

★★★

I don’t know what it was but it really did not have the linklater feel. The script was OK (fake argument scene was the best) and the acting was the best part En

Carol

★★★★

SLICK cinematography SUBLIME score so well directed wow Loved hanging out in a world that looked like this

13 Going on 30

★★★

How is it that every early 2000s movie set in NYC has the exact same look and feel? Was it just like one cinematographer who was hired for every single movie? I

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

★★★★½

Not fury road and that’s ok! Still a nutso movie that only George miller could make and it definitely got my heart rate up a bunch. The world building is still

Singin' in the Rain

★★★★★

YEEEEESSSSS!!!!! MOOOVVIIEIEEESSS!!!! HOOLLLYWOOOODDD!! MUSSSIIIIICCAALALAASS!!! Inject it into my veins!!

Autumn Sonata

★★★★★

I feel so bad for the daughter. This movie honestly just left a pit in my stomach; it was so sad watching everything unfold. The pent up emotions from childhood

Mad Max: Fury Road

★★★★★ ↺

ELECTRIC!! Can’t wait for furiosa on the biggest screen Israel has to offer

Spirited Away

★★★★

Love love love studio thinking. Thing I love most is you never know where the story is going to go. It’s always unlike anything I’ve ever seen Plus the music an

Paris, Texas

★★★★½ ↺

The CRISPEST images I have ever been privileged to see on a big screen; the cinematography in this movie is scrumptious. Lots of cute father/son moments and an

The Majestic

★★★

Cute but reminded me of Big Fish with the overt attempts at emotional traps. Jim Carrey rocks. I also love movies and the theater

Stop Making Sense

★★★★★

AHHHHHHHHHHH THAT WAS NUTS probably the most I’ve ever danced along to a movie? My foot was tapping the entire time. That was just so much fun. I think a lot of

Operation Thunderbolt

★★½

Yom Hazikaron watch

Wild Strawberries

★★★★

I watched this in parts and when I came back a few days later, I didn't know if I was in the real or dream portion and I think Bergman would have been really ha

Ready or Not

★★★

Sometimes you gotta watch an airplane movie when you’re not in the air. And that’s ok Fun stuff. Good times. Let’s do this again

A Brighter Summer Day

★★★★½

A massive, staggering work of art. The narrative was a bit all over the place for my taste (Yi Yi also had the length and the multiple storylines and characters

The Thing

★★★★★

PRACTICAL EFFECTS Perfectly made and directed movie. Pacing. Editing. Freakin lighting damn. Also Morricone on the score...WHAT???

Música

★★★

Really good stuff for a debut but honestly Rudys been making stuff on youtube for so long im not surprised he had a good handle on the reins. For people that ha

Dazed and Confused

★★★★

The inspiration of American Graffiti is real clear but American Graffiti wishes it could be this fun. Linklater has got the SAUCE. Saw a lot of the elements of

Persona

★★★★★

Im speechless. You know the ending of 2001 a space odyssey? How you're just so confused and you're thinking about what the deeper meaning was and what Kubrick m

Children of Men

★★★★★

Perfectly made movie. Exactly what it needed to be and so so good at it. The one takes. The shaky cam. The ethereal music. The world building! It all felt so so

Challengers

★★★★

I love tennis. I love movies. This movie was made for me. Really like a lot of what Luca is doing here - he can hang with the fast paced style for the tennis sc

The Virgin Suicides

★★★★½

PHENOMENAL. Wow. A really really well made movie. Sofia Coppola has got the touch. Somehow moody, pensive, and penetrating, while also being happy and feel good

Il Sorpasso

★★★★

Encanto says we don’t talk about Bruno Luca says silencio Bruno But in Il Sorpasso, all it is is Bruno Bruno Bruno

The Fall Guy

★★★

I love seeing behind the scenes of moviemaking, it really is one of those things that just always gets me excited. And stunt guys deserve SOO much more credit T

About Time

★★★★ ↺

😊

An American Werewolf in Paris

★★★½

Nice concept for exploring the monsters guilty conscious That first transformation was pretty fun - love the practical effects feel

The Social Network

★★★★★

Just a perfectly made movie.

Midsommar

★★★★½

oh. Here I was thinking horror was just jump scares. Turns out it can be just deeply unsettling, disturbing stuff. And also poetic, beautiful, kinda hopeful, wa

Shaun of the Dead

★★★★ ↺

So fun. So well edited. Great script; So much of the first half foreshadows what’s to happen and the second half has brilliant callbacks. And hilarious. Love Si

Monkey Man

★★★½

Tasty nose Epic to shoutout John wick Honestly really good parts. Amazing editing. Great directorial debut and Patel is just goated But the parts didn’t really

Snack Shack

★★★½

Electric! Not reinventing the wheel or anything but a well executed movie and some super fun scenes

Everybody Wants Some!!

★★★★

So much fun. This stuff is dripping with the sauce Good sign of a hangout movie is never wanting it to end

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

★★½

Give me SOME character development JJ. pretty colors though

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

★★★★

It really is good. Plus bonus points always for Keira knightley

La Chimera

★★★★½

wow. All the reports of this being in the same vein as Indiana Jones, even a little, totally misled me. This isn't adventurous at all. It's a portrait of a man

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

★★★★★ ↺

Musicals are pure movie magic. The production value increase is NOTICEABLE and so deserved I’ll love this trilogy forever

Pride & Prejudice

★★★½

Falling in love with Keira knightley in the English countryside with a classical score playing over your emotions is kinda the dream innit?

High School Musical 2

★★★★ ↺

Hard not to just be completely happy while watching these movies. Ultimate vibes. Iconic. The trip down memory lane continues

Dream Scenario

★★★½ ↺

The fart heard round the world

The Band's Visit

★★★★

Quiet. Soft spoken. Gentle longing throughout At first I really enjoyed the humor and just hanging out with the people and watching the relationships unfold. Bu

This Is Spinal Tap

★★½

Lick my love pump

High School Musical

★★★★ ↺

Came back home and wanted to reminisce with my older sis. Just bring her along for the trip down memory lane Still perfect one week later. No notes. Also that b

Lisa Frankenstein

★★★

I watched this movie

Sunset Boulevard

★★★★★

Phenomenal. Perfect ending. Masterpiece. Just perfect God I love movies about the movies

The Florida Project

★★★★

Cute! Mooney can act Also, I’m 1000% positive it was too expensive to get permits to film in Disney and they decided instead to just shoot the ending on iPhones

High School Musical 2

★★★★

Miley Cyrus is in this for half a second dancing at the pool party musical number at the end and that reminded me of the broader Disney channel cinematic univer

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

★★★★★ ↺

The perfect end to a perfect trilogy. I had so much fun watching this. It's paced so well, the musics great, the characters are captivating and the story's enga

Logan

★★★★

I get the hype

High School Musical

★★★★

This era of Disney channel was so wholesome. This really brought on the nostalgia. There was a good amount of time that this was my favorite movie. I remember r

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

★★★★½ ↺

How does this movie work??? Not just from a filmmaking perspective, which honestly I have no idea how Edgar Wright did some of this stuff, but from a plot persp

Blow Out

★★★★★

A perfect thriller. Beautifully shot. Perfectly acted. Great suspense and tension. Loved this one; if I only had that fireworks shot with the swooning score, da

The Conversation

★★★★

Sound mixing ✅ Gene Hackman ✅ Anxiety and paranoia ✅ It has it all

A Woman Under the Influence

★★★★★

That was a singular experience. I feel like I just watched a type of filmmaking wholly new to me. The way cassavettes frames shot, holds his camera on actors, p

Problemista

★★★½

Pretty weird with a little heart

Little Manhattan

★★★★

Adorable. Smile on my face the whole time. Instant comfort movie. How have I never seen this?

The Big Risk

★★★½

I wish this was made just a year or two later. A little bit more freedom with the editing and directing would have helped the narrative flow much better Otherwi

After Hours

★★★★½

Boy can Scorsese make that camera dance Pretty simple story overall but when you got the master in charge the narrative MOVES Really enjoyed this one

The Cranes Are Flying

★★★★★

Wow wow wow. I’m stunned. That was so beautiful. The cinematography and editing were definitely amazing but the story and the care you feel for the characters i

Dune: Part Two

★★★★★ ↺

When you see a movie so spectacular, so singular and groundbreaking in its vision and execution, so layered and complex, so intimate and grand that you know it

Cyrano

★★★

I wanted to like this a lot more than I did. There were definitely great elements: the cinematography, Dinklage and Roxanne, some of the songs... but overall I

Cha Cha Real Smooth

★★★½

🤗 Intimate, heartwarming, and funny. Cooper Raif, you've got the touch

Dune: Part Two

★★★★★

I can’t even write a review that would honor this sufficiently. This will go down as the sci fi epic of my generation. Happy I got to see and feel it in the big

Love Lies Bleeding

★★★★

Liked that this wasn’t just a run of the mill directed story but that there were some more avant garde elements. Had a fun time seeing it with a crowd cuz oh ye

1917

★★★★

Finally got around to the first film I put on my Letterboxd watchlist The nighttime sequence and sprint through the field scene are worth the price of admission

Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation

★★★★

Not my favorite but just oh so good

The Taste of Things

★★★½

Enchantingly calming. I appreciated it more than I enjoyed it but it really was a delicate and beautiful film. Also, why wait until the last 20 seconds to bring

Dune

★★★★½ ↺

Really really great science fiction filmmaking. I’m in awe of Denis. Can’t wait for 2

Peter Pan

★★★½

The "I do believe in fairies" scene has stuck with me since I was 6 years old watching this for the first time and it is just as powerful now. There were honest

Les Misérables

★★★★★

Hard to even process my thoughts rn sitting in the theater. That was an exhilarating experience. One of the most beautiful narratives I’ve ever seen (way to go

Billy Elliot

★★★★½

I haven’t cried at a movie this much in a while. Gem of a film

Argo

★★★½

Good but best pic?? The academy loves anything meta about making movies don’t they

All the President's Men

★★★★½

Wow.

Tenet

★★★½

IMAX go woooompppp

Empirical Study on the Influence of Sound on the Persistence of Vision

★★★★★

Masterpiece

Donkey Skin

★★★½

I, too, cook by singing the recipe to a better dressed version of myself

Her

★★★★★ ↺

I’m not really counting this as a rewatch cuz I fell asleep for the second half at 2 AM but I just want to be able to give this gem another 5 stars here Plus: c

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

★★★★½ ↺

<i>Meet me in Montauk</i> There’s just nothing else like it

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

★★★★½

Really well crafted flic. That first train robbery was delicious

An American in Paris

★★★★

They really don’t make em like they used to (I’m not talking about you La La Land and Ken’s dream ballet from Barbie)

True Romance

★★★

WTF happened in Tarantino's love life that he decided to call this True Romance?? The music was great, the acting was great, and of course the Tarantino script

Captain Fantastic

★★★★½

The first hour of this was my idea of paradise. The next half hour was super aggravating and sad. The last half hour made me so happy and brought it to an end p

Perfect Days

★★★★

The first thought I had when I stepped out of the train in Kyoto to experience my first Japanese city, was "quiet". I was coming off of a long flight and wanted

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

★★★½

Rockin good time

Argylle

★★

This is what happens when Sam rockwells character is given free reign to dance all through the movie

The Tree of Life

★★★★★

WOW. I can't speak right now. I can't think right now. That was a singular experience. It's unfair to even write a review here because I really dont know what t

Wonka

★★★

I waited 2 hours and Paddington was a no show

The Truman Show

★★★★★

"How will it end?" Really interesting watching this in todays world with social media making everyone feel like they're the star. Whereas in our world, the broa

Shoplifters

★★★★½

Beautiful. So so beautiful. Family’s the best. This movie was so pure and so wholesome and wow Koreedas got the magic touch

Decision to Leave

★★★★

Some really cool editing and transitions wow. Park Chan wook has got STYLE

ted

★★★½

Are you even allowed to make a sitcom that’s genuinely funny anymore?? Wow. This came out of nowhere and 0% of me thought this would be more than an IP grab but

Godzilla Minus One

★★★★ ↺

Person next to me started snoring and then jumped awake at a Godzilla roar Is your war over yet?? <i>Minus color!!</i>

The Curse

★★★★

I have no idea how to interpret that ending but man, EMMA STONE. she was lights out the entire show. Ya just couldn’t look away

His Girl Friday

★★★★

What a script! What lead performances! This movie MOVED God I just love the way they spoke in these movies

American Sniper

★★★★

Nice directing there Mr. Eastwood

Cléo from 5 to 7

★★★★

I visited the Academy Museum in L.A. about a month ago and they had an Agnes Varda exhibit. There was a screen playing selected clips in a montage from her movi

Charade

★★★½

QUITE the charade. They really don’t make em like they used to do they. Just a fun time all around and some pretty funny writing

Oppenheimer

★★★★★ ↺

I know Christopher Nolan worked extensively on the physical release but I’m starting a campaign to make it illegal to see this movie in any other format than IM

La Haine

★★★★★

WOW. Like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Goodfellas all rolled into one i.e troubled, trigger happy protagonists, beautiful black and white cinematography and ki

The Lovers on the Bridge

★★★★

Maybe the most troublesome love story I've seen but a love story nonetheless. Definitely a unique experience in that I hadn't seen the homeless experience so we

Mad Max: Fury Road

★★★★★ ↺

I waited a whole two days to watch this again. And yes, it is still so so good

Anatomy of a Fall

★★★★½

So the prosecutor thought she wrote it in a book and then it happened 🤔 Sound like he’s seen the trailer to Argyle one too many times

Mad Max: Fury Road

★★★★★

HOOOOOLLYYYY SHITTTTT That was phenomenal. Honestly some of the most impressive filmaking ive ever seen. Cinematography was absolutely bonkers. Editing - wow. S

Self Reliance

★★★

Fun!

To Catch a Thief

★★★★

How I know this is an Alfred Hitchcock movie: ❌ Alfred Hitchcock is literally in the movie as a cameo ✅ there’s a scene with a man and a beautiful blond woman k

Mean Girls

★★★

You wanna know how I know this movie was made for the TikTok generation? It isn't the fact that Tiktok actually plays a role in this movie (kinda clever, I thou

Blade Runner

★★★½

Lights, cinematography, insane production design Aside from that, not my cup of tea

Network

★★★★★

oh YEAH. The script was ELECTRIC. The acting was phenomenal. And boy was this well directed

The Graduate

★★★★

You know that time in every man’s young life when he comes home after college, feels lost about his future, has an affair with his dads best friends wife, start

Police Story

★★★★

Michael Jackson may have invented the moonwalk but Jackie perfected it

Y Tu Mamá También

★★★★★

Whoa. The last 5 minutes of this change the whole feeling of the movie and make it even deeper and more poignant. I FELT this movie. Not as in I related to it,

Fallen Leaves

★★★

Make more movies look like this!!

Drive

★★★★

Some really great filmmaking!!!!

Promising Young Woman

★★★★

OH. So that’s what an emerald fennel movie with a clear message is like

Sicario

★★★★

Hey! Let’s have this guy make another movie about sand!

All of Us Strangers

★★★★

Didn’t do it for me emotionally but damn that was some great, mind-bending filmmaking. Sound design especially shines. I love when the filmmaker doesn’t spoon f

Saltburn

★★★★½ ↺

I understand the critiques. I understand that the plot may be confusing and misguided and the message isn’t entirely clear. But to call this a “bad” movie. Are

Le Bonheur

★★★★½

Umbrellas of Cherbourg conditioned me into thinking this male overly romantic look-alike was going to burst out in song at any moment This was made SOO well, an

Airplane!

★★★½

BRB gonna go start my Jive duolingo lessons

Yi Yi

★★★★★

It feels improper attempting to even write a review capturing the grandeur of this movie. So i'll spare all the prose and all the "beauty of cinema" idaes and j

Days of Heaven

★★★★★

Wow This was one of the most beautifully shot movies I’ve ever seen. I remember seeing somewhere that the lovely night sequence in La La Land took around two we

American Fiction

★★★★

Such a solid script - yes, the dialogue, but I wouldn't even consider this a comedy. The character and family dynamics were all really well fleshed out nestled

Princess Mononoke

★★★★

Im starting to think these aren’t even intended as kids movies

The Iron Claw

★★★★

Better than most biopics The editing and acting really shine here And yes, everything you’ve heard about zac efrons performance is accurate

May December

★★★★

The charles melton conversation is well deserved but Natalie Portman is getting SOO overlooked. She’s clearly the power house here Some impressively tight film

Pretty Woman

★★★★

Watched this gem on VHS on a 30 inch tv the way the 90s intended!

The Color Purple

★★★★½

Enough of this not even advertising movies as musicals because people don’t want them Look at the box office! Show this movie to the world! It’s what the people

Love Actually

★★★½

Might not be the most technically impressive from a filmmaking standpoint but boy did it play with my heartstring. Underratedly great score Funniest unexpected

Home Alone

★★★★

I’m on a flight and I watched one Christmas movie so what the heck - had to go with this all timer. Idk if it’s John Hughes writing or Chris Columbus directing

M

★★★★½

Great acting. Great script. This was ahead of its time.

Anyone But You

★★

Nope. Nope. This wasn’t the return to quality rom coms it was touted to be. Just a touch above a run of the mill Netflix movie…maybe

Paddington 2

★★★★★

I’m crying. That was a perfect movie.

Paddington

★★★★

Perfect little movie. Honestly some impressive shots as well. And that MI Ghost Protocol allusion was just the cherry on top of an already great time

The Zone of Interest

★★★★

Perfect example of a movie that’s really well made technically but I did not like I had no idea how he was gonna end this one and the way he did it was exactly

Mean Girls

★★★★

Wow she breaks the “plastic” crown at the end cuz she doesn’t care about being part of the plastics anymore. If that isn’t top tier Bildungsroman character grow

The Big Short

★★★★

Making something that should be boring fun - the power of movies…and Margot Robbie in a bubble bath

Zodiac

★★★★½

Incredibly well made but I feel like there was a somewhat "Holywoodification" of some aspects of this that, David Fincher deciding or not, made the movie lighte

Silver Linings Playbook

★★★½

I REALLY did like it but I wish it was just a better made movie. Really great script and incredible performances from everyone but it just felt at times like a

Poor Things

★★★★

BELLA de jour

The Talented Mr. Ripley

★★★★

Most iconic door closing ending scene since the Godfather??? So smart of the Greenleaf family to hire Mr. Bookman, the library detective to solve their son's mu

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

★★★★½

So so well made. Love Sergio Leone's filmaking style so much. But... I gotta tip my hat to Ennio Morricone here more than anything; that score is just so iconic

The Father

★★★★★

I’m not sure how much of this was brought over from the stage play, like the costume continuity to further confuse the viewer, but this worked so well in a film

About Time

★★★★

"There is one thing... a quick little walk" God damn. Who's cutting onions? Movies going straight into my "foundational movies to be a better human" list. I lov

Past Lives

★★★★★ ↺

Its SOOO good. So good. There are too many elements to this masterpiece to talk about in this letterboxd review but man, this movie is an absolute gut punch. Ki

The Boy and the Heron

★★★

What just happened??

Along Came Polly

★★½

If Debra Messing wasn’t doing so much for Jews now I’d be so much madder at her character for cheating Also I miss Phillip Seymour Hoffman “ Make it rain!!!!”

Belle de Jour

★★★½

pure sinema

Theater Camp

★★★

Cute! I’d pay to see that final musical on Broadway #nocap #bussing

Maestro

★★★★★

Phenomenal. Absolute Masterpiece. This movie meant so much more to me than any movie I’ve seen. I’ll cherish it forever

Napoleon

★★★

Felt like a long crossover of an episode of downton abbey and game of thrones Moral of the story: You give a man a few cannons and some lamb chops and he’ll tak

Lady Bird

★★★★★ ↺

Ronan and metcalf made took a perfect script to new heights

Saltburn

★★★★★

There's nothing quite like going to theater, not fully knowing what to expect with a movie, and within the first few minutes, knowing that you're in the hands o

Priscilla

★★★★½

Couple of thoughts: 1) Sofia Coppola is an absolute master. Every frame a painting. I need to do a deep dive into her filmography 2) Jacob elordi do a great dep

Before Sunrise

★★★★★ ↺

I can’t express how much this movie means to me. Perfect all around and I’ll leave it at that. THE film for hopeless romantics but why do I feel like this is th

Before Sunset

★★★★½

Beautiful. Every single line in this masterpiece is quoteable. Are these movies the most philosophical dialogue?? I think so That delivery on the last line of d

Dream Scenario

★★★★

Shoutout to the guy laughing like a hyena in my theater adding to the already laughing crowd - the jokes really hit Thought this was great All around. Nicolas c

Next Goal Wins

★★★½

Really heartwarming stuff. And very funny too. Not in that typical American comedy movie way though - you know what I mean. It’s a taika waititi movie….its gonn

Atonement

★★★★½

beautiful...and beautifully heartwrenching. Don't wanna spoil anything but man, that whole ending sequence got to me. Some unexpectedly phenomenal cinematograph

La La Land

★★★★★ ↺

Maybe there’s something’s about the 6th viewing that made the middle drag a little bit damn this movie is perfect. I need to write a full essay analysis AND ano

Fools Rush In

★★★

Pretty religious ngl. Yeah it was corny but a) the score and soundtrack were really great and it’s 20x better than any of the corny, second rate attempt at rom

The Prestige

★★★★★

Most slept on Nolan. So many layers here One of the most effective uses of voiceover I’ve seen

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

★★★★★ ↺

This is THE movie

Election

★★★★½

I mean I guess it’s a comedy… there has to be a different genre for movies that are lighthearted Really well made movie and honestly covered so many topics and

Paprika

★★★★½

One of the most wildly inventive, absolutely bonkers movies I’ve ever seen. Japanese cinema will never cease to amaze me The confluence of the seemingly dispara

Killers of the Flower Moon

★★★★½

Long But SICK performances

The Handmaiden

★★★★★

I love the three part, nonlinear narratives of South Korean cinema that I’ve seen. This movie was so well crafted, the script was incredible, and the story was

The Red Shoes

★★★★

The production design was by far the best part as well as the initial dance sequence. Otherwise I wasn’t SO intrigued by the plot and didn’t seem like the movie

Father of the Bride

★★★½

No way the guy who plays the husband isn’t a long lost brother of Paul Rudd. Heartwarming stuff

Her

★★★★★ ↺

Yep still perfect and deservedly in my “movies to make you a better human” list

Begin Again

★★★½

I cant place my finger on it - because all the elements were there- that makes this movie just a good movie and not a great one. Unfortunately I think it just n

Elvira Madigan

★★★★

How do you make a movie that has elements which remind me of the Lead actress from the umbrellas of Cherbourg (if not more beautiful), cinematography like come

The Creator

★★★★

Pretty solid all around. Script wasn’t anything too special but the broader themes of AI/human coexistence was really cool Plus all shot on a $4000 camera with

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

★★★★

The perfect blend of feeling like a stage play and a movie Wes Anderson and Ronald Dahl are a match made in heaven

The Dark Knight

★★★★★ ↺

God damn. Perfect movie in every sense of the word. Not even just filmmaking but across genres. Perfect superhero, action, drama, romance - there are even some

(500) Days of Summer

★★★★ ↺

This movie should be paired with any romance movie as a precaution against any movie fan, love isn’t like it is in the movies. Such a well-made movie, such a fu

Bottoms

★★★★½

Such a fun movie. And a great theater experience. Definitely see it with a crowd Hilarious And marshawn lynch can actually act….ok

The Beguiled

★★★½

It’s my head cabin that what the girls did made the go insane and this movie is a prequel to Picnic at hanging rock Also everything just felt too rushed. Some m

Apocalypse Now

★★★★★

I can’t even begin to understand how a director conceives of approaching this movie I feel like I lived an entire lifetime watching this movie and I’ll be think

Crazy, Stupid, Love.

★★★★

“I’m so glad you bought me that ice cream” “Me too” This movie was so movie. Even though it wanted to be grounded in a story that could very realistically happe

Jurassic Park

★★★★★ ↺

Again, put this in the hands of any other director and it would have been a joke (we don’t have to use our imagination too much re: the Jurassic park sequels an

Oppenheimer

★★★★½

Incredible filmmaking. A master class in how editing and score can make lines of dialogue feel like an intense car chase for basically 3 hours

Barbie

★★★★★ ↺

Second time around seeing it so I got to now focus on the script, themes, and overall messages more than just soaking everything all in on the first time. I'm r

Oldboy

★★★★½

Good lord. There’s a tiny part of me that really wants to watch this again but there’s no way I think I’ll ever watch this again. So messed up. But one of the b

The Godfather Part II

★★★★

Yeah it was good. It’s the godfather pt. 2. But the first one is 10x better

Hello, Bookstore

★★★★

There aren't words adequate to describe how much I loved this movie. It isn't impressive filmmaking by any means, the real filmmaking credits, if there must be,

Barbie

★★★★

Greta gerwig is the voice of our generation

Asteroid City

★★★

I think this was my least favorite Wes Anderson. It seems like he’s leaned into the Wes Anderson aesthetic but has lost the heart and plot. He’s overly focused

Past Lives

★★★★★

Absolute masterpiece. I’m gonna need a lifetime to process this - and even that might not be enough

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning

★★★★½

They packed a LOT into this one. Needed to be 2 parts for sure. Incredible stunts and action. And brilliant premise and script. Very apropos to modern fears. So

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

★★★★★

6/5. Wow. Just the script and story alone we’re absolutely incredible. But then you put the unbelievable animation on top of it. Jaw was dropped the whole time

You Hurt My Feelings

★★★½

Well written but think it could have been directed and edited better. It was a slow movie but I think there’s still a way to make a slow movie feel like it move

The Flash

½

Worst steaming pile of an excuse of a movie I’ve ever seen. CGI nonsense for 2 and a half hours with an unintelligible plot, no time to react to anything happen

Bottle Rocket

★★★★½

Instant comfort movie. Highlights Wes Anderson’s dialogue skills pre all his visual flair

The Spectacular Now

★★★★

GOD DAMN IT. I hated this movie so much because of how real it felt. Amy deserved so much better. All throughout the movie she should have seen it. And that las

Fire of Love

★★★★★

Loved it. The score added a lot to the story and the animation and montage sequences were really fun. Some of those shots those volcanologists took were cinema

My Neighbor Totoro

★★★

It was cute but really felt like a kids movie TRYING to have some more adult messages but just didn’t get there. Didn’t have an emotional impact for me and the

Full Metal Jacket

★★★★★

I mean it’s a Kubrick. But wow that didn’t hold anything back

Interstellar

★★★★★

Perfect in every way - Nolan is Kubrick Jr.

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

★★★★

Jason segel is a national treasure

The Wizard of Oz

★★★★½

Stories like this - with deep messages laced throughout the plot about humanity and how we ought to live- will last forever

Air

★★★

I had a fun time watching but think it was too cliche - didn’t feel like it was that unique of a movie. Also it seriously suffered from the score. The 80s synth

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

★★★★

Great end to all of their stories- plot was a little all over the place <i>sometimes </i>but otherwise Gunn did a great job adding heart to it. Really good

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

★★★★½

Nearly perfect - honestly I just wanted more and that’s why it doesn’t get 5. This was so feel good and the score was great. Feel good movie of the year for sur

Chungking Express

★★★★

I understand why criterion calls it the world of Wong war kai - he makes such a visually unique world. Honestly some of the most fascinating cinematography ive

Juno

★★★★½

Perfect in almost every single way except the cast. I feel like I understood what the screen writer wanted looking for a certain type of actor but the casting c

Do Revenge

★★★

Surprisingly good script- not in terms of dialogue but overall plot

Back to the Future

★★★★★

The script is so solid wow. Great first movie for Ilan’s film education

When Harry Met Sally...

★★★★★

Does it get better

Midnight in Paris

★★★★

Owen Wilson was miscast. Otherwise what an awesome movie. related to this movie in a deep way

Whiplash

★★★★½ ↺

Damien Chazelle is incredible. Can’t watch movies with my sisters anymore cuz they don’t appreciate art. This is just leaps and bounds above so much that’s comi

The Babysitter: Killer Queen

★½

I mean if you watch the first you gotta watch the second right?

The Darjeeling Limited

★★★½

Not so high on my rankings of Wes Andersen movies but still has the undeniable charm

Her

★★★★★

WOW. I went into this movie because of all the AI stuff that's happening in the world. I'd heard really good things about it and I knew it was finally time to w

John Wick: Chapter 4

★★★★

That crane scene 😱. The plot wasn’t anything to write home about but there were so many parts in the action sequences where I was audibly excited in the theater

Easy A

★★★★

Such a fun time. Miss the early 2000s wow

The Adventures of Tintin

★★★★★ ↺

Spielberg's most underrated movie by far. Everything about this hits the mark. the animation is so ahead of its time. The script is great. The score is fantasti

Triangle of Sadness

★★★★

So much happened here wow. Differe t genres in the different parts just showed the control the director had over the narrative and somehow linking them. Turned

Paris, Texas

★★★★

What a movie. The colors and cinematography were out of this world. The pacing was a little slow but it served this story well. Those last 20 minutes are an abs

Into the Wild

★★★

Definitely enjoyed and know there was meant to be lots of depth here but the storytelling wasn't for me. I think it could have been done more concisely and flow

Titanic

★★★★★

Phenomenal

Se7en

★★★★

good lord

Prisoners

★★★★★

WOW

Petite Maman

★★★★

Really really well done. I’m not sure I fully understood it but I was hypnotized. Celine sciamna really knows how to keep you thinking about a movie after you’v

Once

★★★½

Would it have cost that much to give the camera operator a steady cam. This movie was pure and to the point- I wish someone else directed it because this deserv

Brief Encounter

★★★

Movies were really just different weren't they. The dialogue feels way too unrealistic and the acting isn't really for me. There is a simple beauty to a mainly

Little Miss Sunshine

★★★★

What a gem of a movie. Perfectly acted and every character had a fully fleshed out story

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

★★★★

Way better than I thought it would be wow

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

★★★★½

So good

The Shawshank Redemption

★★★

It’s just not for me. I get that it’s made well but the narrative didn’t move forward as much as I would have liked. This might be my modern sensibilities but I

Rush Hour

★★★

Comedy with an actual coherent plot and characters that were well developed

M3GAN

★★★

Way funnier than I thought

Aftersun

★★★★

I'm not sure exactly what happened but I was mesmerized. I kept waiting for something big to happen and nothing ever did. It was a meditative movie - a chance t

Avatar

★★★★

So ahead of it’s time wow

Amélie

★★★½

Charming movie

Nightcrawler

★★★

Great performance by one of the most underrated actors

Edward Scissorhands

★★★★

Beautiful movie all around. Tim Burton's got style - usually his movies are too odd for me (the Big Fish) but this one was just the right amount. The score was

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

★★★★½

Incredible. One of the first westerns I enjoyed (mostly) the entire time

Memories of Murder

★★★★½

WHO DID IT

The Banshees of Inisherin

★★★★

I understand how this was written by a playwright. The dialogue was very much the main force of this movie and it could have been mostly just as easily been don

TÁR

★★★★½

If all the drama and plot was cut out and I was just left with the conducting bits I would have been happy. The music was, thankfully, a main focus of the film.

They Came Together

★★★

Exactly what I expected it to be and hilarious the entire time

Call Me by Your Name

★★★½

Pretty good. The acting was definitely the best part for me. Also portrait of a lady on fire is 100x better

A Fistful of Dollars

★★★★★

I still don’t think westerns are my genre but this movie was shot so well it was hard not to like it. Also dang that score by moriconne is 80% of the movies app

It's a Wonderful Life

★★★★★

I need to start watching this multiple times a year

Thor: Love and Thunder

★★

The machine churns out another formulaic feeling movie

Minions: The Rise of Gru

★★½

Yes I was tired but also this is the first movie in a theater I’ve ever fallen asleep for… I don’t know what that means

Throne of Blood

★★★★

Some really cool shots and overall the movie had an ok pace. I was often awed by the scope of kurosawas shots or how certain shots were composed

Raiders of the Lost Ark

★★★★★

Perfect movie

The Grand Budapest Hotel

★★★★★ ↺

So so good

Big Fish

★★

Yeah no not for me

Swiss Army Man

★★★½

I wanted to like this more. There were some really nice monologues about humanity and the world and some touching messages but it didn’t feel like a well crafte

Moonstruck

★★★★

Just felt like a hangout with an Italian family I didn’t know I needed

Windfall

★★

Only redeeming quality was the cinematography. Otherwise it was very blah throughout and the ending didn’t quite make sense

Everything Everywhere All at Once

★★★★★

That was the greatest movie I’ve ever seen in my entire life

Before Sunrise

★★★★

At times it felt awkward, at times it felt intrusive, but all the time it felt real. No real is the wrong word. It felt like an imagined, over exaggerated real.

The Alpinist

★★★★

Its so nice watching these types of movies every once in a while. They scare me and my palms are sweating throughout but they make me appreciate planet earth so

The Apartment

★★★★½

The latter 45 minutes dragged on comparatively slow to the first hour but overall this movie was entirely gripping. The lead performance was very solid and the

Perfect Blue

★★★★

Great blend of editing and composition to create an unsettling illusion

Kiki's Delivery Service

★★★★½

Sublime. Felt like getting a warm hug the whole time. Score was fantastic. Just wish it was Longer

Turning Red

★★★★

Story was solid and the overall tone was very consistent. Not peak Pixar by any means but still very fun. I think the Sony animation studio might be taking the

The Sound of Music

★★★★★

Brought back so many childhood memories but this time I was able to also appreciate it. And yeah it’s an absolutely fantastic movie. Just watch musical and a mu

The Silence of the Lambs

★★★★

Wow. Really well made movie. Felt like certain shots were very deliberate and helped to draw the viewer in. Great 90s thriller that had a better “big ending bat

Punch-Drunk Love

★★½

This one didn’t do it for me. The silhouette lighting was nice. And the scenes with the sisters were crafted very well, especially in the warehouse coupled with

Phantom Thread

★★★★½

Paul Thomas Anderson has his finger on the pulse of crafting veiled characters. Characters who you come to know quite intimately, and come close to empathizing

All About Eve

★★★★½

Really really enjoyed this. Such a well written script and we’ll acted by Bette Davis. Also re-emphasized to me what the theater experience really is all about.

There Will Be Blood

★★★★★

Incredibly made movie. A modern western for sure and Daniel day Lewis stole the show.

The Godfather

★★★★★ ↺

It’s hard to watch another movie after that because when you’ve found perfection nothing can compare

Spencer

★★★★

Really well made movie but the last 10 minutes didn't fit with the rest of the movie. Felt like I was watching a half as good portrait of a lady on fire but hal

The Master

★★★★

I don’t get it but I liked it. The acting and cinematography were flawless. And the score added something so underrated that needed to be there

La La Land

★★★★★ ↺

Yup. Still my favorite movie. This is also how I see life

Ex Machina

★★★★★

Incredible. Really deserving of a 5. Every shot of the movie was needed. Plot, cinematography, editing all flowed and serviced the overall message, which was to

Memento

★★★★★

That was absolutely incredible. Never felt editing so potently. Even with all Nolan has done I Really think this was his best

The Shining

★★★★★

Yep…every frame is perfect

Fargo

★★★½

Not the Coen brothers best but they did a great job of drawing you into their version of minessota. I just kept thinking Marshall Eriksen the entire time

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

★★★★

Now that’s how movies can teach us something profound and personal by using a totally ridiculous premise. Loved it. And love animation

Stand by Me

★★★★

Simple story but boy what a screenplay and acting. There's something about these rural towns and a group of friends which hits something so emotionally central.

No Country for Old Men

★★★★★

Wow. Perfectly made suspense thriller. Can't think of a flaw

Sing Street

★★★★

Perfect blend of harsh realism with unbounded imagination. Honestly felt really relatable

The Worst Person in the World

★★★★★

Such an intriguing film. An analysis of a woman’s slow fight against time and the sense of unfulfillment unfortunately projected on those around her. The movie

Encanto

★★★

Besides for maybe two songs the music wasn’t too special in this movie. What really got me was the color, crazy detail in animation, and emotional pull near the

Taxi Driver

★★★★★

They just don’t make movie like that anymore. A slow paced descent into the oncoming insanity of a troubled protagonist. And an ending which must have been cont

The Big Lebowski

★★★★½

Really well made movie and superb dialogue

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

★★★★

Really really well done but they were so desperately missing JK Rowling. To constantly speak about the “world that Jo created” without allowing jo to partake in

The Third Man

★★★★

Yeah Film Noir is pretty fantastic. Especially liked the last 30 minutes, starting with the police stakeout and the cutting between closeups and shots of the ci

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

★★★★

Really really enjoyed this movie. The plot was engaging, the pacing was relatively constant, and the story was coherent. The performance by Peter Sellers, or th

Lady Bird

★★★★★

Loved this movie. Don't know how to describe it except that it just felt so real

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

★★★★★

I tried looking for the practical reasons each shot was done in this movie. To analyze it like a film. I think I approached this movie wrong and I'm glad I caug

Drive My Car

★★★★★

A perfectly made movie which I will not be watching again. It hit me profoundly I just haven’t put together how yet

Spider-Man: No Way Home

★★★★½

One of the best MCU movies I’ve seen. Perfect

Licorice Pizza

★★★★

Not bad for my first pta. Definitely had its upsides but overall I didn’t find myself getting behind the characters or the plot. This is probably because of the

West Side Story

★★★★★

Perfect from start to finish. Usually remakes aren’t able to compare to the original but if there’s someone to do it it’s Spielberg. The music was great, perfec

tick, tick... BOOM!

★★★★

Fantastic performance by Garfield

What We Do in the Shadows

★★★½

Really well done mockukentery comedy. Intelligent humor. Felt engaged the whole time and that the jokes actually were relevant and delivered well

Casablanca

★★★★★

Just gets better and better with each rewatch

King Richard

★★★★

Loved the movie. Much better than I thought it would be. Great acting all around. Will smith was something special. Also, in sports movies you rarely actually s

Whiplash

★★★★

Everything in the movie worked as one unit: The color palette, editing, camerawork, acting. It was a tortured artist movie and I liked that not much attention w

Eternals

★★½

Cool cinematography but couldn’t get behind the plot or characters. Not a top tier marvel movie by any means

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

★★★★★

This is what cinema can be. This is what life can look like. This is what love can look like. This is what music can evoke. This is what art portrays This movie

Dune

★★★★

Felt more like an experience than a movie. That was definitely something to see in theaters. Looking forward to Pt. 2

The World's End

★★★

Least favorite of the cornneto trilogy but still well edited

Psycho

★★★★½

I love These old movies and their long takes. Just makes for a much better experience

Rushmore

★★★

Didn't feel so Wes Anderson but still had certain aspects. The tone of the character's dialogue, the certain slow motion shots, the soundtrack, and of course th

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

★★★★

The Wes Anderson magnum opus. A movie not to watch necessarily for its plot but for the display of a masters craft; a perfect representation of all that he has

No Time to Die

★★★★½

A perfect send off for Daniel Craig’s James Bond. The last film played on what the whole series built: great cinematography, serious action driving the plot, an

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

★★★½

Finally marvel is back on track with a knockout movie. Obviously it had the classic marvel elements: the quips, cliche dialogue here and there, and incredible a

Black Widow

★★½

My first movie back in theaters in over two years. First marvel movie that came out as well in that time span. Unfortunately it just wasn’t good. Didn’t hit tha

West Side Story

★★★★★

Really deserving of 5 stars on this one; the stars being a metric of overall quality of a movie. The lighting, coloring, plot, pacing, editing, and direction al

GoodFellas

★★★★★

I can't believe I haven't watched this until now. Scorsese really is a master. It felt very similar to Raging Bull but still in a league of its own. Raging bull

Luca

★★★★½

The streaming service straight to streaming model is unfortunate, as many quality movies fail to receive proper recognition or attention. Of course there are a

In the Mood for Love

★★★★★

Incredible piece of art. Decided to watch it because id seen it on so many people's criterion collections. No question this deserved to make the cut. It was a f

Duck Soup

★★★★

Really quality humor from the 1930s. All based in the jokes but some impressive set pieces and choreography as well

Bo Burnham: Inside

★★★★★

Yes it was harrowing at points and really made me feel for Bo but my gosh is he an absolute genius; when it comes to both his comedy, social commentary, and eve

Fantastic Mr. Fox

★★★★

Wes Anderson has a perfect record in my eyes. I've loved each of his films that I've seen. Until now I thought that was because he stuck to a formula. And yes t

Good Will Hunting

★★★★★

Need to watch again and again for sure but this movie stands the test of rewatchability time and time again. Watched on the airplane on the way home and what st

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

★★½

After first watch all I could say is meh. I think the computer graphics is probably what made this such a cultural landmark as well as the anticipation and rece

Foreign Correspondent

★★★

Not one of my favorite Hitchcock’s by a long shot. Plot was driven mainly by dialogue which was hard to understand and a love trope I wasn’t invested in nor roo

The Dawn Wall

★★★★

Loved this documentary. Not as much as free solo but still really inspiring and breathtaking. Does it mean I have acrophobia if my palms were sweaty the entire

Vertigo

★★★★★

Analysis of the kiss scene for my film class: Hitchcock may be known as the master of suspense, however, this description fails to properly commend the famed di

Moonrise Kingdom

★★★★½

Another Wes Anderson gem. I’m loving the consistency in his style, dialogue( and manner in which he directs the actors to deliver his lines), his scripts and hi

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

★★★

Pleasant film to watch with a nice message about life and the spirit of adventure. Happy ending. Nothing too special of a movie... just comfort food

Vertigo

★★★★★

Masterful film from the master of suspense. The editing really shone in this movie. Don't think I'll ever forget Scott's nightmare sequence

The Royal Tenenbaums

★★★★

Wes Anderson’s penchant for fast paced, apathetic dialogue is raised to the max in this unusually comforting movie. His characters, dialogue, clear direction fo

Parasite

★★★★★

Unbelievable movie from start to finish. The editing,cinematography, and overall story were all unbelievable. Also nice little Tarantino ending sequence. Fantas

Coco

★★★★★

Watched for maybe the third or fourth time and felt all the emotions I felt the first time, plus some. The movie is a perfect blend of music, timing, editing, a

The Grand Budapest Hotel

★★★★★

I thoroughly enjoyed the highly stylized world of Wes Anderson. I picked this movie cuz I’d seen it pop up in lots of people’s criterion collections and heard r

The Adventures of Tintin

★★★★★

Really enjoyed this. Very rewatchable movie. Also the animation was way ahead of its time and I couldn't stop marvelling at it the entire time. Even if the plot

Rear Window

★★★★★

https://images.app.goo.gl/1v5CG8s8Nu4D3TCp9 Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” (1954) is a tour de force in the art of cinema and of crafting a scene. Virtually every sh

It Happened One Night

★★★

Only rated it a 3 because of enjoyment. It was probably wildly popular at the time of release but I just couldn't sink my teeth into it

Hail, Caesar!

★★★

My first Coen Brothers movie but I definitely think it isn't their best. Great cinematography from Roger Deakins but overall, the story jumped all over the plac

Shaun of the Dead

★★★★

Another great flick from Edgar Wright and a great, realistic ending to a theoretical zombie apocalypse. As usual, the editing is masterclass and really shines t

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Don't know how to rate this movie because i dont know how i feel abbout it. Probably introduced many new themes to cinema and therein lies its importance but be

Breakfast at Tiffany's

★★★★

Overall i didnt fully connect with the movie in the first 3/4. This may have been because I watched it intermittently but now I believe its because the story is

I, Tonya

★★★

The acting is what really shines here and makes the movie. Such a sad story but the actors really draw you into the world and make it believable

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

★

Movie to watch purely for eye candy. Plot, character development, and any real substance were all lacking

Cinema Paradiso

★★★★½

Today I had my first Art of Film Class and tonight I feel like I had my first film appreciation class. Cinema Paradiso is the reason and the why for all movie l

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

★★★★★

Only Spielberg can take the premise of an alien having an extended stay on earth and produce one of the greatest movies ever made. Spielberg has stated before t

Casablanca

★★★★★

Unbelievable movie. Instantly one of my favorites. Not hard to see why it’s considered one of the greatest. A brilliant character study and a perfect soundtrack

Hot Fuzz

★★★★

Over the top but really well made and great film