Aliato

Aliato

Somewhere between young, wild, free, and an anxiety attack

Favorite films

  • In the Mood for Love
  • One Million Yen Girl
  • The Farewell
  • Chungking Express

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  • Ong Bak

    ★★★½

  • Hero

    ★★★★

  • Fist of Legend

    ★★★★

  • Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky

    ★★★★★

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  • Raise the Red Lantern

    Raise the Red Lantern

    ★★★★

    Patriarchy being nasty at its finest

  • Fireworks

    Fireworks

    ★★★★½

    The artistic flair of *Fireworks* is truly mesmerizing. It’s a tragic story of loss, grief, and guilt, and the way the soundtrack drifts through its long, quiet scenes feels like being lulled into a world of melancholy and despair.

    I really love the way the film finds tranquility in mundane activities. Like, imagine enjoying some peace and quiet with your loved one while fishing, only to have it ruined by some rude yakuza members. That contrast hits hard.

    The foreshadowing…

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★½

    The best family movie of 2024

  • Long Day's Journey into Night

    Long Day's Journey into Night

    ★★★★½

    The difference between a movie and a memory is that movies are always false. In a movie, one scene follows after another. But memories mix truth and lies. They appear and vanish before our eyes.

    Long Day’s Journey into Night feels like a fever dream, an intoxicating blur of memory and illusion, where reality transgresses itself to lure us into a world that refuses linearity and denies closure. The 59 minute unbroken dream sequence serves as a testament to this…

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