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sex, lies, and videotape 1989
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"You've had an effect on my life."
"This isn't supposed to happen. I've spent nine years structuring my life so this didn't happen."Translated from by -
A Complete Unknown 2024
Basically a tone poem and barely a biopic (complimentary). It could almost count as just a straight-up musical, given that most of the film consists of Mangold's filmmaking gracefully moving from tune to tune. Not a single bad or mediocre musical sequence in this whole film - Mangold even manages to live up to one of the most monumental songs I personally think has ever been written, "The Times They Are A-Changin'", in a way that's beautiful and emotional. It's…
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
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As of writing this, we over here in Europe have a little crisis on our hands. Unless you have been living under a rock, you're probably aware that the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, has started a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Putin has of course been the subject of well-deserved international condemnation, as well as threats from other world leaders that if he continues this invasion, the consequences will be severe.
Right now, the possibility of something like a large-scale…
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Mulholland Drive 2001
"I hate you. I hate us both."
On a fourth viewing, Mulholland Drive still is one of the most striking pieces of art I've ever seen. I could go on as usual about how incredible the mix of horror, surrealism, and beauty is in this, or about the immense detail put into seemingly every single frame, but I have to admit that I got strangely emotional this time around. I of course choked up during Rebekah Del Rio's achingly gorgeous…
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