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Favorite films

  • Caught by the Tides
  • A Moment of Innocence
  • Metropolitan
  • The Power of Emotion

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  • Shanghai Girls

    ★★

  • In the Mood for Love 2001

  • In the Mood for Love

    ★★★★★

  • Attrition

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  • Attrition

    Attrition

    The narrative cohesion and stylistic improvements relative to Seagal's other movies actually make Attrition less entertaining; it’s nowhere near good enough to command unironic enjoyment of any sort, nor does it have as much of the surreal appeal that characterizes his other movies.

    full review at spectrum culture

  • An Unfinished Film

    An Unfinished Film

    ★★½

    For a film conceived outside of domestic censors, An Unfinished Film is surprisingly unprovocative.

    full review at spectrum culture

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  • Six Days

    Six Days

    ★★★½

    watch here

    edit: original vimeo upload got nixed so i reuploaded it to dailymotion and updated the link above

  • Sang titre

    Sang titre

    ★★★★★

    either version is worthy of being called the greatest short film of all time, but the slight changes / minor additions made here are certainly poignant, especially considering the context of this version's re-editing; i particularly like the images he cuts to from Léaud's depicted shooting death in the "last hours of the youth," not only because of the strength of these images but also because the full clip of Léaud's stumbling performance created a layer of artifice that in…