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  • Lost in Translation

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  • Perfect Days

    ★★★

  • Fallen Leaves

    ★★★★

  • About Dry Grasses

    ★★★½

  • Anatomy of a Fall

    ★★½

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  • Perfect Days

    Perfect Days

    ★★★

    A delightful film, and something of a return to form for Wenders. If by form, you mean shallow sentimentality mixed with “me silent because me deep feeling” protagonists. I’ve really fallen out of love with this dude in recent years. And boy did I used to fawn over him. At his best, he’s playing ringleader for other geniuses, especially writers, actors, musicians, and cinematographers. At his worst, he’s telling boring, immature stories that are simply quirked up with a little swag. 

     Nevertheless, a delightful film.

  • Fallen Leaves

    Fallen Leaves

    ★★★★

    Liked this movie. Basically a “deluxe remastered rerelease” of his 80s films, but he’s so dang old, can you blame the guy? His films turn the emotive volume down so low that you really have to lean in, and even a smirk feels like a cascading waterfall of joy. Probably the kinda movies Bresson would’ve made if he wasn’t an uncle.  Made me wanna start going on dates again.

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  • Undine

    Undine

    ★★

    one long underwater fart

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