Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Martin Eden 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 26 Apr 2023

  "Bring home money, not books!"

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  Dead Poets Society 1989

  ★★★★★ Added

  mr. keating reminds me of my conflict of laws lecturer (not in a bad way, of course, sir)

Popular reviews

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  Woman in the Dunes 1964

  ★★★★½ Added

  "Men and women are slaves to their fear of being cheated. In turn they dream up new certificates to prove their innocence. No one can say where it will end."

  Junpei, a teacher from Tokyo, faces a disturbing reality he had never witnessed before he arrived at a seaside village. Soon, his nescience condemns him to serve a life sentence of shoveling sand only to help an ill-fated woman survive.

  It is my first experience with Japanese New Wave and…

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  The Killing of a Sacred Deer 2017

  ★★★★ Watched 17 Feb 2020

  “A doctor’s first duty is to ask for forgiveness.” -Ingmar Bergman in ‘Wild Strawberries’
  
  Stephen Murphy faces the eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth situation. If it has nothing to do with his family, he might not bat an eye. But Martin, the young lad he goes to lunch with, gives him no hint on how to stop the curse from devouring the lives of his entire family.

  I watched this film expecting it to be completely logical, considering the main…