Nick Bachan

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writer | illustrator | film lover 

4 faves = pathways to dreams + wonder + yearning

Favorite films

  • Ratatouille
  • Nope
  • The Lunchbox
  • Decision to Leave

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  • The Substance

    ★★★★

  • Ready or Not

    ★★★½

  • Sense and Sensibility

    ★★★★

  • The Others

    ★★★½

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  • It Ends with Us

    It Ends with Us

    ★★

    General notes: 

    1. None of the women have real jobs or career paths while the male characters are automatically very successful and usually rich. Those men are also painted cartoonishly as either dashing “bad boys” or angelic saviors (with the added detail of things like being unhoused being exploited for cheap sympathy). 

    2. The “sexy” elements of the movie are tied to the source of a particularly sinister kind of violence (by way of the main love interest for the…

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    Much Ado About Nothing

    ★★★½

    A movie that bravely asks “What if everyone was hot?”

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  • Rye Lane

    Rye Lane

    ★★★★

    ❤️👋🏽🛥️

  • Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

    Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

    ★★★★½

    Nothing but respect for my Mrs. Robinson.

    (But seriously, this movie is wonderful.)