Adenravi

Adenravi

Favorite films

  • The Headless Woman
  • The Devils
  • Pickpocket
  • Long Day's Journey into Night

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  • Black Coal, Thin Ice

    ★★★★

  • Only the River Flows

    ★★★★

  • Le Havre

    ★★★★

  • Summertime

    ★★★★★

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  • Black Coal, Thin Ice

    Black Coal, Thin Ice

    ★★★★

    Brilliantly acted. Anti-noir at its finest with just enough melodrama peppered throughout to remind us that these characters aren’t just fixtures of the industrialized landscape. Bogart and Stanwyck would turn in their graves, but I had a blast.

  • Only the River Flows

    Only the River Flows

    ★★★★

    chefs kiss

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  • Gladiator II

    Gladiator II

    ★★½

    denzel the only one who had anything to say.

  • The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    ★★★★½

    Towering and unyielding in its critique of the static western patriarchy, particularly its upper “caste” structure. Yorgos’ approach to the movement of the actor and dialogue delivery in particular are extremely Bresson-like and leads to a deepening of the critique. We are able to distance ourselves from the characters because of their clipped, off-beat rhythms, and yet, their actions and words still often reflect our own inner experiences or opinions, therefore creating a bond that exists beneath the surface. This…