Shiv

Shiv

Favorite films

  • The Holy Mountain
  • The Color of Pomegranates
  • Eraserhead
  • Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

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  • Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

    ★★★

  • Woman in the Dunes

    ★★★★★

  • Blades

    ★★½

  • High Fidelity

    ★★½

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  • Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

    Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

    ★★★

    I didn't have this film. In fact, as far as Bollywood movies go, I quite liked it. I'm obviously not the target demographic for a film like this, but with my cultural heritage I felt like this was an important one to watch. I don't regret it at all because it was a lot of fun, and definitely a movie that exists to entertain, to enjoy, to make thr audience feel the entire array of emotions. It does its job…

  • Woman in the Dunes

    Woman in the Dunes

    ★★★★★

    The Japanese New Wave is, and might always be, my favourite movement in cinem, perhaps next to the Panic Movement. Each and every Japanese New Wave film I've seen, I've loved. The imagery is always so striking. Even aside from the visual element, the themes and contexts are even more fascinating. So, Woman in the Dunes had a lot to live up to. It's another film in my growing list of movies I have watched before reading their original stories.…

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  • High Fidelity

    High Fidelity

    ★★½

    Music is such a wonderful thing. I write this as I'm listening to music. It's amazing to think how easy it is to access so much music so easily these days. Of course, it wasn't all that long ago when we had to physically go out and buy music. And you know what? Physical media is still the best! In my humble opinion, anyway. I love going to the local media every once in a while, browse the records and…

  • Blades

    Blades

    ★★½

    Troma films have always been a guilty pleasure of mine since my teens. I've always found them to be hilariously wild and ridiculously silly. Blades is no exception to this because I found myself laughing loudly on multiple occasions. Is it the best film I've seen? No. Is it the best Troma films I've seen? Also no. But that doesn't take away from its entertainment value because Blades, to me, is the perfect hang-out type of movie.

    First of all,…