FIG. 012023
Past Lives
dir. Celine Song
— Rating
9.0/ 10
A film that says everything by saying almost nothing. The closing shot will stay with me for years.
— Index 05 / Hobbies
The work isn't the whole picture. This is a small commonplace — music on rotation, films keeping me company, anime on the watchlist, and lines worth holding onto. It updates when something earns its place.
— Section 01 / Music·Streaming previews
On rotation,
right now.
— The full queue
A small commonplace of sound.
Sunflower · 2018
Sunflower - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Post Malone, Swae Lee
0:00 / 0:30
— Queue · 6 tracks
“A song that refuses to age. Permanent rotation.”
— Section 02 / Cinema·Recently watched
The films keeping me company.
FIG. 022022
The Banshees of Inisherin
dir. Martin McDonagh
— Rating
9.0/ 10
A friendship breakup, weaponized. Funny in ways you feel guilty about.
FIG. 032022
Everything Everywhere All at Once
dir. Daniels
— Rating
10.0/ 10
A film that should not work, and works completely. Cried at the laundromat scene three separate times.
FIG. 042022
Aftersun
dir. Charlotte Wells
— Rating
10.0/ 10
The kind of film that rearranges what you remember about your own father. Devastating.
FIG. 052023
The Holdovers
dir. Alexander Payne
— Rating
8.0/ 10
A film made out of warmth and grumpiness in equal measure. A hot toddy of a movie.
FIG. 062023
Anatomy of a Fall
dir. Justine Triet
— Rating
9.0/ 10
A courtroom thriller that is mostly a marriage thriller. The dog is a top-five performance of the year.
— Section 03 / Anime·Currently / formative
A short, biased watchlist.
2023
Madhouse · 28 ep
10.0/ 10
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
A meditation on grief, time, and the strange weight of being a person who outlives almost everyone you love.
2019
Wit / MAPPA · 48 ep
10.0/ 10
Vinland Saga
A revenge story that becomes a story about *not* taking revenge. Season 2 is one of the best things I have ever watched.
2005
Artland · 46 ep
9.0/ 10
Mushishi
Watch this one with the lights low. An anime that feels like a long, slow breath out.
2004
Madhouse · 74 ep
10.0/ 10
Monster
A 74-episode tightrope walk that never falls off. Probably the best mystery thriller I will ever watch.
2024
Production I.G · 12+ ep
8.0/ 10
Kaiju No. 8
A working stiff gets the power he never asked for. Soundtrack absolutely *cooks*.
1998
Sunrise · 26 ep
10.0/ 10
Cowboy Bebop
A formative one. I rewatch it every two years and find a different show each time.
— Section 04 / Commonplace·Things worth keeping
Lines I keep coming back to.
The future is already here — it is just not very evenly distributed.
Make it work, make it right, make it fast.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
You cannot do better than the people you spend time with. Choose carefully.
The thing that makes a creative person is to be creative — and that is all there is to it.
Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
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