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  The Conversation 1974

  Rewatched 12 Mar 2025

  It’s unthinkable to me that this came out the same year as The Godfather Part II. I don’t think any American director has had a greater run than Coppola had in the seventies. Also, fun fact - this role was originally offered to Brando, can you imagine it? 

  R.I.P Gene Hackman

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  The Lost Weekend 1945

  Rewatched 09 Mar 2025

  “You can't cut it short! You're on that merry-go-round, you got to ride it all the way. Round and round till that blasted music wears itself out and the thing dies down.“

  I saw this a few years ago when I was just getting into films, after some growing pains I’m back for a rewatch. This is a strikingly accurate portrayal of alcoholism and its progressive nature for the time. The obsessiveness, the self-centredness, the isolation, the insanity - it’s…

Popular reviews

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  The Other Guys 2010

  Rewatched 12 Nov 2022

  One of the funniest films I’ve ever seen to be honest

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  Megalopolis 2024

  Watched 08 Mar 2025

  I don’t care what the reception on this has been, whether it’s a failure or a success, whether it’s pretentious or not. The bottom line is it’s taking risks and I haven’t seen anything like it before, the closest thing I can think of is ‘Synecdoche, New York’. I can’t say I’m surprised the response has been so negative, it disregards so much of what we’ve been told makes a ‘quality’ film - the dialogue is unnatural, the tone is…