About

I’m a lapsed film critic (Acquarello 1997-2011), mad scientist, perennial language learner (currently focused on 日本語 and Català), and wanderer.

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Favorite Films:

1. Tokyo Story, 1953 (Yasujiro Ozu)
2. Vertigo, 1958 (Alfred Hitchcock)
3. Au Hasard Balthazar, 1966 (Robert Bresson)
4. Charulata, 1964 (Satyajit Ray)
5. Love Streams, 1984 (John Cassavetes)
6. Sans soleil, 1983 (Chris Marker)
7. Stalker, 1979 (Andrei Tarkovsky)
8. Life of Oharu, 1952 (Kenji Mizoguchi)
9. News from Home, 1977 (Chantal Akerman)
10. The Face of Another, 1966 (Hiroshi Teshigahara)