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  Anora 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 08 Mar 2025

  l expected this film to feel heavy and dark and for that reason, I wasn’t hugely motivated to watch it. Whilst there were the anticipated “serious” themes, I was surprised by how consistently comedic it was. Out of the latest releases I’ve watched, none of which are overtly comedic excluding (parts of) A Real Pain, this was definitely the funniest for me, which felt refreshing. 

  Anora is a really interesting character. She appears to lack naivety according to her life…

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  September 5 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Feb 2025

  Really gripping but tricky to determine whether this was the impact of the film itself or the events it was portraying. I enjoyed the bustle and intensity of the newsroom, though this atmosphere has been captured in the same way many times before. 

  The television crew’s inexperience in news broadcasting is a useful vehicle for highlighting the real-world impact of news coverage and allows for upfront exploration of ethical questions around responsibility. It also means that the events of September…

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  The Brutalist 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Feb 2025

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  A Complete Unknown 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 26 Jan 2025

  I wasn’t sure how much interest in or knowledge of Bob Dylan I needed to have prior to watching this film in order to enjoy it, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the answer was little to none. I assume that Dylan was well embodied by Timothée Chalamet, based on the recent nomination, but without having seen anything that could serve as a reference, I wasn’t in a position to judge this myself. Nonetheless, it seemed like a…

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