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  • After Hours

    ★★★★

  • Queer

    ★★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★

  • To Be or Not to Be

    ★★★★½

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  • After Hours

    After Hours

    ★★★★

    Hate it when I go into work hungover

  • Queer

    Queer

    ★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★

    Basically for the castle sequence and last shot alone. They can't all be long reviews. It is weak on characters and making you feel particularly invested in the outcome, but lots of good dialogue and staging of set pieces.

  • To Be or Not to Be

    To Be or Not to Be

    ★★★★½

    Brilliantly formed anti-war comedy. The film has a really sharp wit that I haven't seen in any recent comedy movie. The closest thing that comes to mind is The Death of Stalin, and even that loses sight of its humour near the conclusion.

    I need to watch Trouble in Paradise next, but so far my experience with Lubitsch is that his work weaves together acidulous wit, worldly cynicism and a surprising sense of empathy ofthe subjects that comes almost as a shock when watching.