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  Pulse 2001

  ★★★★★ Watched 07 Jul 2024

  the idea of life just being kinda indistinguishable from death is terrifying, so incredibly well done, beautiful vibes, need to see again soon

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  Nostalgia 1983

  ★★★★ Watched 02 May 2024

  desolately and mercilessly lonely. depicts a human experience so opaque and futile that it makes me want no part of it. words feel like a tiresome distraction by the end of it somehow.

  it’s also very dark souls.

Popular reviews

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  Cinema Paradiso 1988

  ½ Watched 30 Oct 2018

  So it turns out this movie sucks! The first hour is actually pretty good, but there’s not much of value after Toto grows up. 

  Bad part: Toto is a boring person and I don’t care what he does or what happens to him. The romance is one of the most misogynistic portrayals I’ve seen in any medium. Then he’s in the military for ninety seconds, then the father figure tells him to leave town for absolutely no reason. As far…

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  First Reformed 2017

  ★★★★★ Watched 05 Jun 2018

  Stares the existential despair of the current moment in the eyes with a courage and intelligence that I’ve come to expect neither from the film industry nor the church. Brilliant and haunting. Soul-crushingly convicting. 

  Watch this movie.

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