Ellen van den Assem

Ellen van den Assem

Favorite films

  • The Holy Mountain
  • Paris, Texas
  • Ghost in the Shell
  • Holy Motors

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  • My Sunshine

    ★★★½

  • Memories of Murder

    ★★★★

  • Syndromes and a Century

    ★★★★

  • Babygirl

    ★★★½

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  • Woman of the Hour

    Woman of the Hour

    ★★

    Admittedly an important story to tell, but choosing to focus solely on the killer's tv appearance leads to mediocre pacing and average suspense.

  • Ocean's Eleven

    Ocean's Eleven

    ★★

    This movie was designed to be pure entertainment, without ambiguity, character growth nor serious consequences for those performing the heist. This is quite palpable, since watching suave characters for the sake of being suave is only enjoyable up to a certain point.

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  • Perfect Days

    Perfect Days

    ★★★★

    Hirayama's favorite view is of a tree in a temple garden. Just like its leaves layering on top of each other, we are shown that 'living in the present' is and is not as simple as it sounds, for the now always includes a past that demands our attention.

  • The Boy and the Heron

    The Boy and the Heron

    ★★★★½

    A quintessential Miyazaki masterpiece: nature is beautiful, magical and creepy, this time best exemplified by the heron, and human nature grapples with its personal drama and painful losses, here with a boy struggling after the death of a parent. As always, the animation is simply the best, treating every single element on screen as a living subject.

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