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  Warfare 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2025

  Got to attend a q&a with both directors and Mendoza's stand-in in the film.

  Mendoza directed the actors and Garland handled the technical aspects.

  This is the most brutal war film that has been made by an American and really evokes the vibes of Come and See. The film is a hard watch and succeeds in not being propagandic or glorifying while still authentically conveying the experiences of various soldiers, the co-director, Mendoza, included.

  The film is excellently shot and…

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  Mysterious Skin 2004

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Mar 2025

  Well

  This film is not what I would typically expect from Araki, but one I felt was executed in a way that was truthful and not exploitative.

  This film is a very hard watch even without personally relating to events of child molestation and rape, but is one which handles that material in a barely pallateable but, again, genuinely truthful way.

  I would not generally recommend this film but it was a beautiful and dark piece which captured part of…

Popular reviews

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  Princess Mononoke 1997

  ★★★★★ Watched 22 Mar 2021

  Hands-down one of the greatest animated films ever made, from its iconic characters to impressive visuals and its lack of "one true evil," this film has repeatedly blown me away with its direction, camera angles, character motivations and plot.

  I love this film to death and there are few films as interconnected and as passionately made as this.

  I literally can't think of anything that would make this film better.

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  Snow Trail 1947

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Mar 2021

  This was fantastic! Mifune's debut with Kurosawa writing made this quite an entertaining film. Shimura's characteristics changed little through his career but merely were distilled finer and finer, this film being an exemplary notch in his belt. Many American references and stylistically similar to different genres, this film feels like it was made from an American director at the time, the emulation of style being a notable point, that this film feels quite familiar in many ways. Pulling on a…