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  Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985

  ★★★★★ Watched 29 Nov 2020

  “Glory, as anyone knows, is bitter stuff.”
  - The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea, Yukio Mishima

  I remember the moment I finished reading Yukio Mishima’s The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea. I was immediately overwhelmed by the thrilling, provocative, and personal rush that had overcome my mind and heart. It led me to read more and more of his novels, to the point where he undoubtedly became my favorite author. Not just because his stories…

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★★½ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  By a long shot his best English language film. Just thrilled this movie got made. High-effort intentionality is king even if some things don’t hit as hard as others.

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  Strangers on a Train 1951

  ★★★★½ Watched 26 Feb 2025

  Tight, thrilling, controlled

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  Killers of the Flower Moon 2023

  ★★★ Watched 19 Oct 2023 3

  I apologize in advance for you all reading my bad take:

  Scorsese could be the greatest living director of actors. But in so many of his films it seems like his preoccupation with performance makes him disregard what the audience should be feeling or comprehending in each scene. Motives tend to be unclear, story points underbaked, and a (don’t kill me) lack of visual storytelling (I mean look back on the most memorable shots, they’re typically there to establish the…

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  Cannibal Tours 1988

  ★★★½ Added

  Wow! This is on Letterboxd! Yeah, the double meaning of the title is so fascinating. White tourists come to the tribes in hopes of seeing cannibals in a selfish voyeuristic way, while they are the real cannibals, eating away at the culture and life of the tribes.