Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Night of the Hunter 1955

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 05 Nov 2024

  Lovely little viewing round the nans with the fire going. Every shot is just so damn gorgeous. ****1/2

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  The Circus 1928

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Oct 2024

  Chaplin films draw in the heart so quickly. A fitting close to another lovely day. ****

Popular reviews

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  A Single Man 2009

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Jul 2024 1

  I picked up Isherwood’s ‘A Single Man’ at the start of the year and it affected me wholly. Somehow Isherwood was able to put to words feelings and understandings that I felt were completely caged and unapproachable in terms of even attempting to express. Tom Ford does the same here, clearly a man with an eye for detail, he summoned something toweringly gorgeous and honest from Firth here, recounting the life of George in looks - who could understand that concept…

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  Letter to My Mother for My Son 2022

  ★★★★ Rewatched 16 Nov 2023 1

  Having returned from the Barbican Re/sisters exhibition today, which beautifully represented the relationship between gender and ecology and the systemic links between female oppression and the deterioration of the planet, I was drawn back to the experience of watching this film. I was willing to observe (or re-observe) the filmic yet tranquil language of one of my favourite contemporary directors. Did not disappoint. On the back of my enlightening and rather emotional experience at the exhibit, this film unfolded itself…

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