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  Blue Velvet 1986

  ★★★★½ Watched 10 Mar 2025

  Blue Velvet is the greatest example I can think of to show people Lynch's genuine appreciation for the concept of rural Americana, whilst also underlying the deep darkness that exists beneath it.

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 07 Mar 2025

  I can't beging to describe how epic this film feels in the cinema. For something to be almost 4 hours long but still gripping throughout is an absolutely insane achievement. Truly a testament to the power of indie cinema.

Popular reviews

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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 23 May 2024

  Perhaps one of the most beautiful, subtle, striking and tragic pieces ever put to film. It brings me to floods of tears every time I watch it. Just a pure portrait of hidden suffering and how much we tend to miss the signs of something darker.

  I'd go so far as to say this is empathy visualised.

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  Cléo from 5 to 7 1962

  ★ Added

  God, realism is so pretentious. What's the point of making a film when nothing happens in it, to such an extent that it drives the audience into a lulled state of drowsiness? The acting was terrible, apparently that was the point, but really, why, the story non-existent and it was littered with asides that contributed nothing and leant to the overwhelming feeling that I was watching something that would not reward me for the time I was sinking into it.

  Please don't make me watch another French New Wave film again, I beg of you.

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