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  Il Buco 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched 28 Jun 2022 2

  Geology movie!

  There is a shot early on of a dipping limestone strata exposed on the side of a cliff. As part of the Appenine mountain range these rocks were uplifted to form this mountain range as part of the Appenine orogeny ~ 20 million years ago. But these rocks are much older than that, they were likely formed on the floor of the Tethys Sea during the Mesozoic era, commonly known as the "age of dinosaurs".

  Early on we…

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  Sorry We Missed You 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Nov 2019

  Fuck the Tories.

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  Black Bag 2025

  ★★★★ Watched 15 Mar 2025

  EDIT: Like, not even half an hour later I realise my read is wrong. The relationship between Fassbender and Blanchett is not the dressing, it's the salad. 3 1/2* to 4*.

  ORIGINAL: Sexy, fun and impeccably made but like so much post "retirement" Soderbergh I really question what it adds up to. Too neat. Though it is interesting as maybe the last gasp of the Anglo-US "special relationship" in regards to foreign policy.

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  The Bigamist 1953

  ★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  Look I'm in no position to be criticising people for their looks but I was astonished when I found out there was only a 2 year age gap between Edmond O'Brien and Joan Fontaine.

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  November 2017

  ★★★★★ Watched 08 Sep 2019

  I was properly blown away by this. Bizzare and utterly unique, it's a folk horror that really leans into the folk. Stunning to look at, several sequences are Tarkovsky esque, gliding above a stream while the mud and beauty put Ivan's Childhood and Andrei Rublev very much into focus. The churning soundscape created by modern instrumentation combined with traditional folk instruments helps create a perfect, intoxicating atmosphere.