january 2021

• soul (2020) ★★★★

march 2021

• the trial of the chicago 7 (2020) ★★★★
• lady bird (2017) ★★★★.5
• moonlight (2016) ★★★★★
• operation varsity blues: the college admissions scandal (2021) ★★★
• sound of metal (2019) ★★★★.5
• and then we danced (2019) ★★★★.5
• scott pilgrim vs. the world (2010) .5
• whisper of the heart (1995) ★★★★★

april 2021

• blackpink: light up the sky (2020)
• the handmaiden (2016) ★★★★
• the social network (2010) ★★★★

may 2021

• our times (2015) ★★★

june 2021

• us and them (2018) ★★★★.5
• in the heights (2021) ★★★.5
• spirited away (2001)

july 2021

• sweet & sour (2021) ★★.5
• the old guard (2020) ★★★.5
• a silent voice (2016) ★★★★
• black widow (2021) ★★★.5
• steal my heart (2013) ★.5
• ocean waves (1993) ★★★.5
• grave of the fireflies (1988) ★★★★

august 2021

• luca (2021) ★★★★
• princess mononoke (1997) ★★★★.5
• 5 centimeters per second (2007) ★★.5
• your name engraved herein (2020) ★★★★
• words bubble up like soda pop (2020) ★★★★
• minari (2020) ★★★★.5
• pariah (2011) ★★★★★
• portrait of a lady on fire (2019) ★★★.5

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