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Recent reviews

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  Europe '51 1952

  Watched 17 Mar 2025

  Well. Roberto finally got a tear out of me! And I'm always ready to cheer when a priest is made uncomfortable. 
  I still don't quite get him I fear. Paradoxically, considering the things he's renowned for, he intrigues me the most when he's forced into small spaces and has to pull out a more visible style. Like the factory: the sound covering everything and the moment of almost impressionistic editing jolt you awake like they jolt Irene. The cinema and…

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  Anora 2024

  Watched 10 Mar 2025

  Mikey Madison is amazing and clearly has put so much heart, soul, thought and effort into this performance one can't help but feel it all.
  It's a great ride and a funny screwball, perhaps a touch too long in the second half but I was never bored. Baker has a very fly-on-the-wall approach that gives the viewer no crutches but drops them in a character's life and asks to take them as they are, very neorealist but with a very…

Popular reviews

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  Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony 2021

  Watched 25 May 2022

  Gotta love Sir Tony describing one autism trait after the other and me going "Yeah, buddy, I know" every time

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  The Stories of West Side Story 2022

  Watched 06 Mar 2022

  delicious. finally, some other behind-the-scenes documentary that makes me want to make movies.