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  Saltburn 2023

  ★★ Watched 07 Jan 2024 1

  I'm too tired to write sentences with some sense, so here's a bullet list.

  Some really good scenes, but overall a mediocre film. The last 30 minutes are just an insult to the viewers.

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  Pros:
  - The bathtub-licking scene is really powerful, and perfectly synthesizes Oliver's toxic desire for degradation and morbid ossession
  - The angel-devil symbolism is a bit too evident, but the party's vibe is well created
  - Visually very polished

  No-Nos:
  - Oliver goes from being…

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  Wonka 2023

  ★★ Watched 05 Jan 2024

  I took 10 points of psychological damage each time I saw Oompa Grant

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  The Boy and the Heron 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Nov 2023 3

  Miyazaki riesce nella difficile impresa di creare un prodotto fedele ai suoi stessi stilemi senza ricadere nel presuntuoso e squallido manierismo della citazione patologica a se stesso (sì, sto guardando te, Baricco).

  Nello specifico, come in ogni film dello Studio Ghibli che si rispetti, la maggor parte dei personaggi sono l’incarnazione di un singolo tratto caratteriale, esaurendosi nell’essere l‘esasperazione di quel vizio (o virtù) e nulla più. Così è anche ne Il ragazzo e l‘airone, senza dubbio, anche se è forse…

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  Asteroid City 2023

  ★★ Watched 13 Oct 2023 2

  This is both my first review on Letterbox (besides from expressing my physical attraction to Vittorio Gassman, but, I mean) and the first film by Anderson that I watched, so this is going to be pretty chaotic and messy.

  This film has some interesting traits, and far more disappointing ones; let's start from the latter.
  The first part tries - in a cringey, abashed way - to break the fourth wall by creating a series of nonsensical narrative layers.
  At…

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