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  Stalker 1979

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Jan 2024

  Many unexpected things. I got restless legs during the last third and found the pace unbearable.

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  20th Century Women 2016

  ★★ Watched 05 Jan 2024

  Really bad movie but difficult to diagnose. Kept asking myself... why is this happening? Why are you telling me this? Performances are pretty good. I think it's issues are 50/50 between screenplay and edit.

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  The Lighthouse 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Jul 2020

  Good:
  - the drama, the words, the diction, the visuals, the smell, the performances

  Ambivalent:
  - the theme, the message, the excrement

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  Carol 2015

  ★★★½ Watched 28 Jun 2020

  The good:
  - never boring, constantly magnetic
  - visually restrained, beautiful
  - Cate Blanchett as Carol - a lot of old-timey-Hollywood-mystique, the inscrutability of the character doesn't cloud the performance
  - I appreciated the characterisation of the husband more subtle than total villainy
  - candid smart cool women, I will watch Sarah Paulson in anything
  - the line of mentorship/maternality/romance was thoughtfully danced
  - emotional growth of Therese, our primary POV character, from pushover to able to set boundaries was…

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