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  Belladonna of Sadness 1973

  ★★★ Watched 25 Apr 2023

  Most 70s thing imaginable. Gustav Klimt makes psychedelic porno in style of Yellow Submarine.

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  The Banshees of Inisherin 2022

  ★★★ Added

  After disliking 3 Billboards I found this much more enjoyable, but I also knew I'd be judging against An Cailín Ciúin as the other big recent Irish film, which this just doesn't touch in terms of emotional impact, authenticity and using visual language as a main mode of expression.

  Personally I find the McDonagh non-sequitur comical Irishness to be wearing very thin, only half-surreal in a way I don't buy into as genuinely authentic or properly absurd, and something about…

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  The Wonder 2022

  ★★★ Watched 14 Jan 2023

  Looks great, good performances, though didn’t really feel the need for the whole 4th wall break framing device.
  Made the mistake of watching the same day as Hagazussa so had already had my daily fix of paranormal stuff happening to women in rural shacks.

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  White Noise 2022

  ★★½ Rewatched 04 Jan 2023

  Found it all a bit pointless, though it had its amusing bits alright. Haven’t read the book, assuming the characters way of speaking in clever aphorisms is part of a postmodern slightly heightened shtick but it’s annoyingly clever and detached a lot of the time.

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