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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  Bong Joon-ho prosegue la sua esplorazione dei mostri e della deumanizzazione dell’uomo con questo sci-fi che fonde Terry Gilliam con Starship Troopers. Il risultato è altalenante: visivamente affascinante e pieno di idee nella prima parte, ma appesantito da una retorica sociale un po’ scontata nel lungo finale. Robert Pattinson conferma di essere uno degli attori più versatili e brillanti della sua generazione.

  Bong Joon-ho continues his exploration of monsters and the dehumanization of man in this sci-fi that blends Terry…

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  Killing 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Feb 2025

  Tsukamoto è ancora pieno di energie: il suo cinema rimane (schizo)frenetico, irrequieto, di una tensione oscura nauseabonda - pessimismo denso e antiumano. Un racconto tra samurai e ronin al quale non siete abituati

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  Made in Hong Kong 1997

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 Jan 2025

  "Made in Hong Kong" is nothing short of celestial—a miraculous film where everything seems to work thanks to a kind of fragile brilliance. Fruit Chan’s genius lies in crafting a movie that feels profoundly neorealistic, brimming with the vitality of a city and its inhabitants—youthful, beautiful, and radiant in their fragile existence. You can almost smell the jaozi cooking in the hidden corners of towering, run-down apartment blocks where the story unfolds. It makes you want to lose yourself in…

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  A Taxi Driver 2017

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Jan 2025

  Beyond its social value—highlighting the precariousness of South Korean democracy through a historical event—A Taxi Driver is a well-acted film, particularly thanks to Song Kang-ho, one of the finest actors of his generation (not just in Korea). The direction manages to steer clear of melodrama, maintaining a tone that is both restrained and light. The story unfolds through the eyes of a protagonist who discovers, in civil resistance and political engagement, a reason to escape the monotony of his life.…

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