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  Jules and Jim 1962

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Mar 2025

  Really enjoyed this on the whole, but actually found it far more irritating than I expected to. Maybe this is just because of the mood I’m in as opposed to the film itself though. I really loved the first act, but, although I know it’s very much intentional, I started to find Catherine’s changeable nature really irritating and the portrayal of women in general kind of irritating. I will need to watch it again when I’m in a better mood.

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  Flow 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Mar 2025

  cried through the whole thing, really made me miss my cat, genuine high art.  So full of warmth and heart. MEOW!

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  Strike: An Uncivil War 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Jun 2024 1

  I can’t even describe the anger I feel looking at the poisonous, vitriolic, vindictive, self-congratulatory, spiteful violence of the state, the cops and of Thatcher and her ministers. they are all scum of the earth as far as I’m concerned. Positively evil beings with a cult of state/wealth glorification surrounding them even to this day that makes me sick. They are liars, indoctrinators and murderers. the utter contempt they hold for working people is beyond sickening. This film did a…

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  Secrets & Lies 1996

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Mar 2025

  Finally managed to get hold of a copy of this film after not having seen it for around two years. Interestingly, after three years at university I only just realised that there’s a fairly large catalogue of films you can borrow for free from the university library, I’ve usually just used the digital copies whenever I’ve needed to watch something independently, so discovering this resource was kinda revelatory… better late than never am I right??? Anyway, you can’t get a…

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