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  • Point Break
  • Little Women
  • Casablanca
  • Y Tu Mamá También

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  • The Man from Earth

    ★★★★

  • Y Tu Mamá También

    ★★★★★

  • The Killer

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

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  • Aftersun

    Aftersun

    ★★★★★

    An experience impossible to put into words. one of the most gutwrenching and realistic depictions of depression and anguish. 

    "And there's this feeling, once you leave where you're from, like, where you grew up, that, um, you don't totally belong there again"

    Paul Mescal has my favourite acting performance of all time. So incredibly moving

  • Dazed and Confused

    Dazed and Confused

    ★★★★★

    "You know, I'd like to quit thinking of the present, like right now, as some minor insignificant preamble to something else."

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  • The Man from Earth

    The Man from Earth

    ★★★★

    I've often thought about this concept; imagining myself as a spectator during key historical events such as the Punic wars or the times of Plato, never as an active participant but always somewhat on the sidelines, it's a comforting idea.

  • Y Tu Mamá También

    Y Tu Mamá También

    ★★★★★

    For a movie so incredibly sexual, it's amazing that the film never comes across as an 'American Pie' esque, over-the-top, boringly edgy-for-the-sake-of-edgy film. Instead, everything feels so quintessential to understanding the development these boys (and Luisa) are going through, I think that's what makes Y Tu Mama Tambien so standout to me; it doesn't seem to shy away from any of the sexual awkwardness, the grossness or the general ugly difficulty of such an age, it embraces the ugliness and…

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  • Avatar: The Way of Water

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    ★★

    I don’t understand what the point of this movie was. The whole thing is meant to be about them coming back to conquer pandora but it’s literally just about a dude that hates Jake sully

  • Out of Africa

    Out of Africa

    ★★½

    Actually just the biggest nothing burger of all time how did this win best picture. It looks pretty but that’s literally all it has going for it