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✧ helen ✧

everything is subjective
favourite films change every now and then

Favorite films

  • Happy as Lazzaro
  • Embrace of the Serpent
  • The Worst Person in the World
  • Sound of Metal

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  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

  • Severance

    ★★★★½

  • Irma Vep

    ★★

  • Natural Born Killers

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

    First things first: the title sequences were magnificent and I gasped. Of course this movie is monumental, and while I can sympathise with the critics, for me it provided an original cinematic experience that I very much enjoyed. The photography was everything of course, and I think is what carried the film from beginning to end. The pacing was a bit off-kilter, the cuts between scenes often abrupt, but the performances were captivating - and yes I did enjoy looking…

  • Hunting & Gathering

    Hunting & Gathering

    ★★★

    what an unexpectedly comforting little film

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  • Bottoms

    Bottoms

    ★★★★

    This was all Barbie never could be

  • Poor Things

    Poor Things

    ★★★★½

    fuck yes

    edit: after the initial excitement stemming from the masterful execution of this film, I must say that it was, essence-wise, quite shallow and not of this age. It teased at political ideologies and feminist thought, but never quite, truly, delivered. It did stir up discussion on these topics amongst us, outside the cinema, but I can definitely say that we are in need of much more beyond what was delivered.