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Recent reviews

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  Yellow Submarine 1968

  Watched 16 Mar 2025 1

  I always knew Ringo was the best Beatle ✌️

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  The Barefoot Contessa 1954

  Watched 09 Mar 2025 1

  Where are you, Maria?

  A lot of people on here think they're dunking on this film by saying that we don't really get to know Maria. But remember: 'Nobody really knows her and maybe there's nothing to know.'

  Why should we get to be different? We're just another audience.

Popular reviews

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  Dersu Uzala 1975

  ★★★★★ Added

  I was always gonna love this film - it's Kurosawa does Tolstoy.

  Has that Tolstoyan deification of the non-urban, non-elite. But I think it kind of pulls back from that at the end. Towards the beginning Dersu seems as eternal as the forests and plains he knows so well, but by the end he develops a fear for the wild. Existential terror emanates from the screen in waves. How do you live when your own environment rejects you?

  Music gives…

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  A Room with a View 1986

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 21 Feb 2023

  I will never get over this film. It's one of my favourite books and this adaptation more than does it justice. It's just too beautiful for words. Every element suits the vibe of the book perfectly.

  Helena Bonham-Carter is INCREDIBLE as Lucy. She's innocent and charming yet forceful. And Julian Sands as the quiet and thoughtful George is just perfect. Perfect perfect perfect. And Daniel Day-Lewis. My god. I adore Cecil more than is healthy. He's just hilarious and ridiculous,…

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