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  • Books! Reading! My favorites of 2025

    2025 was the most serious reading year of my life. I cannot say with any certainty that I read the most books I ever have in a year, as I… Read more

  • 2025 Film Recap – my Favorites & more!

    For my money, 2025 was an excellent year for cinema. In fact, I’d argue that this was the most complete year for movies since 2019, before the pandemic. To be… Read more

  • How are you, Swell? Thoughts on my mental health.

    I promised myself I was going to write more this year. I fully intended to use this space to share my feelings on all sorts of things, and even if… Read more

  • My Top 10 Films of 2024

    A year has passed since I last posted on this blog… ah, the dreams and intentions I had of posting far more regularly. Yet sometimes an entire year can pass… Read more

  • My 25 Favorite Films of 2023

    Movies! Films! Cinema! Being that this is my first real post here on the new blog, allow my to impress upon you just how much I absolutely love movies. You… Read more

  • Welcome!

    Welcome to my new blog, Swell Dwells: Musings & Reviews. Over the years I have jumped around from blog site to blog site, changing due to thinning patience, frustration over… Read more

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“IF YOU WANT A HAPPY ENDING, THAT DEPENDS, OF COURSE, ON WHERE YOU STOP YOUR STORY.”

Orson Welles