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Favorite films

  • Ben-Hur
  • Gone with the Wind
  • Schindler's List
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey

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  • The Night Walker

    ★★★½

  • The Last Wagon

    ★★★

  • The Wind

    ★★★½

  • Dodge City

    ★★★½

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Tomboy

2011

★★★★½ Liked Rewatched

I rewatched Tomboy on dvd today. Sensitively directed by the brilliant Céline Sciamma, Tomboy is a French coming of age drama about a 10 year old girl who es herself off as a boy when her family moves to a new neighbourhood.

I love this film. The screenplay is really well written and tells the story in an interesting and effective way. The film touches upon potentially controversial or divisive subjects of gender and sexuality in a gentle, moving and…

Hide and Seek

1996

★★★★★ Liked Watched

A beautiful, funny, sweet, honest film that combines narrative and documentary elements. The interview segments are insightful and entertaining and the narrative scenes are compelling and very well acted. A really interesting look at lesbian adolescence.

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The Night Walker

1964

★★★½ Liked Watched

This was entertaining. I liked Barbara Stanwyck's performance and I enjoyed the eerie, mysterious atmosphere. Some good suspense and twists and turns along the way.

The Last Wagon

1956

★★★ Watched

This was alright. Pretty good performances, but not all that interesting or entertaining.

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The Only Girl in the Orchestra

2023

★★★½ Liked Watched

This was nice, but feels like it could have gone a bit more in depth.

STRAW

2025

★★★½ Liked 1

Taraji P. Henson is very good here and there are some effective moments. Not everything worked for me though and overall it doesn't land with the emotional impact that it should have.