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Favorite films

  • Grease
  • A Brighter Summer Day
  • Before Sunrise
  • La Haine

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  • Inside Man

    ★★★½

  • Alice in Wonderland

    ★★★½

  • Badlands

    ★★★★

  • 13 Going on 30

    ★★½

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  • Before Sunrise

    Before Sunrise

    ★★★★★

    watched the trilogy back to back over the space of a day so i'll just put all thoughts here.

    i've loved all of these movies for a while but always left a little while between watching because they can be emotionally exhausting. watching them all consecutively has only deepened my appreciation for them.

    the first movie is honestly just perfect, every little minute detail from start to finish makes you feel like your living it right along side them. the…

  • Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    ★★★★★

    saw it in imax in shinjuku, one day after it premiered in japan. the person sitting next to me left with a deep sigh the moment after discussing where to bomb and the reasoning for excluding kyoto and didn’t come back. besides that no reaction from japanese audience that people were for some reason anticipating. 
    thought such a dense story was so incredibly told in 3 hours that absolutely flew by. 
    the sound design is probably the best of all…

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  • Yi Yi

    Yi Yi

    ★★★★★

    edward yang has a way of completely wrapping you up in a family life you previously knew nothing about and within about 20 minutes you feel like you've known everyone for years. like a child at their first sleepover but there's no nervousness and you're completely at ease, it all just flows. every motive or reaction from each character makes perfect sense thanks to the speed of which you're familiarised with this big cast of revolving actors.

    throughout the 3…

  • Perfect Days

    Perfect Days

    ★★★★

    a story dedicated to the creatures of habit, designed for a slow weekend with a beer. a nice meandering walk through a mans life in tokyo. day to day living and revelling in the little things at the end of the day, the drink with your dinner, listening to your tapes, reading your new book. monotony is what you make of it. being happy with that and trying to disregard those who view your life as lesser than their own…