Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Milan 2004

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 04 Feb 2024

  grabe naman yung culmination nung “pagod na pagod na ko” scene ni claudine, ang bigat. her peak era

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  Perfect Days 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 25 Nov 2023

  When people say, you have to romanticize your days, maybe this is what they mean. Koji Yakusho embodied the character of Hirayama with a perfect touch of subtlety and melancholy. His quietness speaks volumes, the smallest smirks pack wells of heavy emotions. A love story about a man and his almost child-like wonder for his life. Beautiful, reflective filmmaking. I might really think about this movie for a long, long time.

Popular reviews

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  The Square 2017

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Oct 2017

  Every scene in The Square feels like a performance art. Pickpockets luring their victims into an almost theatrical acting scam. Snatched phone incident getting more and more haywire. The most anxious Tourette’s Syndrome episode ever. Discovering the strange girl you're about to sleep with has a pet chimpanzee. Post-coital fighting over who gets to throw a used condom. Post-post-coital argument about commitment, next to a high stack of display chairs that are about to fall. A beggar asking for food…

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  Women of the Weeping River 2016

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Mar 2018

  Bless this film for introducing me to the immaculate Laila Ulao, she takes on the role of Satra - a grieving widow, a grieving mother, the anchor that holds Women of the Weeping River. She's a glaring representation of women borne out of war-torn clans, a steely yet gentle strength of carrying on despite all the losses, of peering into the world of patriarchal glory, hunger for power, of pride and vengeance.

  The titular river is both a symbol of…