Jacob Stolworthy Pro

Culture News Editor, The Independent

I watch too many films

Favorite films

  • North by Northwest
  • The Graduate
  • Beetlejuice
  • Inside Llewyn Davis

All
  • Separate Tables

    ★★★

  • The President's Cake

    ★★★½

  • Those Lips, Those Eyes

    ★★★

  • Sentimental Value

    ★★★★

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The President's Cake

2025

★★★½ Watched

Not gonna lie, I’d spit in the cake

A Simple Accident

2025

★★★★ Watched

Jafar Panahi is so slick. He makes the art of filmmaking look so easy when in actuality, what he’s pulling off requires an expert touch. Even when I don’t vibe with his films, I end them wanting to bow down to him. Happy to say this film is top-tier - suspenseful, humorous, casually horrifying and ultimately very very chilling

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Dune

2021

★★★ Watched

Impressive but not without faults. Seeing it on a huge screen was an experience I won't be forgetting in a hurry - hats off to Hans; it sounded delicious - but it's in need of some fine tuning and, I'm gonna say it, a few laughs. Or at least some smiles. The use of prophetic visions, while necessary, kinda detract after you see the same one for a fifth time. But Denis has nailed a lot of things. The spectacle,…

Cha Cha Real Smooth

2022

★★★★ Watched

I think it's funny how someone as inoffensive as Cooper Raif can make a lot of people angry. All I see is a very talented 23 year old and I can't help but be happy for the guy. Cha Cha Real Smooth is the classic example of a film that'll get a backlash the more people like it and that's probably because it'll be held to a higher standard when it shouldn't. It's by no means a knockout but on…