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  Mondo Cane 1962

  ★★★ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  This is not a documentary.
  But that doesn't mean that the footage shown (and the critique of the US) has no merit.

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  Hustle 1975

  ★★★½ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025

  Ben Johnson's grieving father character (Martin) should be in the Smithsonian. The reason for his presence being to educate future generations of what was originally meant by 'patriarchy' and 'toxicity'.

  His gravelly enunciations sound as though they emanate from an unusually unpleasant hell, his face is carved out of the rock of the prairie and his resolve and resilience seem to evoke the myths of the old west.

  He dominates his scenes with Reynolds, and one of the most indelible…

Popular reviews

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  Santa Sangre 1989

  ★★★★½ Watched 30 Nov 2022 1

  This is like Dario Argento directing a Jodorowsky script. It celebrates diversity in a lurid yet somehow non-exploitative way but also works as a straight ahead monster genesis story a la Halloween.

  Loved it.

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  Heat 1995

  ★★★★ Rewatched 07 Jul 2022 3

  I have never fully understood awards for sound design and mixing. but the shoot-out on South Flower Street is the best argument for a total ban on assault weapon sales (to the general public) I have ever seen on film.

  In a period where every actor was going on boot camps to add veracity to their various projects, this must be the only time that the 'training' actually was manifested on screen.

  Brutal, crunchingly beautiful action which set the standard for such scenes, but has never yet been improved upon.