Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Lemon 1969

  Rewatched 26 Sep 2024

  Used Static shot, Focuses only one single aspect of filmmaking-lighting

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  Happy Hour 2015

  ★★★★½ Watched 24 Nov 2024

  A film about Ryusuke Hamaguchi's methodology of near 100% purity.
  The film takes a very long breath and captures the relationship between people in a very chilly Japan. As a student of Kiyoshi's, every action and story inserted in the middle of the film functions as a theme that runs through the methodology, making the purpose of the movie even clearer and creating a very delicate and enriching story. The sheer amount of text in the film, coupled with the…

Popular reviews

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  The Hole 1998

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Aug 2024

  It's grotesque in a similar way to Apichatpong's films

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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 31 Oct 2024

  He seems to keep making films that indirectly try to create a safe zone for sex workers, one that doesn't pity them, but preserves their agency and dignity, and uses the power of the comedy genre to bring out their inherent humanity instead of trying to judge the sex industry in a serious way. However, it also wistfully looks at the blind spots of sex workers that clearly exist and the concerns inherent in their profession, such as the fact…