Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Angel Wearing Tubeteika 1969

  ★★★ Watched 02 Jan 2024

  Watching a snowy old Almaty in a snowy new Almaty, wishing photos could be added to reviews

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  Summertime 1955

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Jul 2023

  A joyous packed BFI seniors' matinee screening in NFT1

Popular reviews

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  Magnificent Obsession 1954

  ★★★★ Watched 11 Mar 2020

  NFT1, 35mm Technicolor print from the BFI National Archive.

  Introduced by Prof. Dr Barbara Flueckiger, by Skype because of coronavirus, as part of the Colour in Film conference.

  What better way to learn about colours & look at Technicolor’s transition into the 1950s than via a film about vision loss.

  And now, like Helen Phillips in the film, it's time to go into isolation.

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  Miss Americana 2020

  ★ Watched 17 Feb 2020

  Me: "Is the Taylor Swift documentary worth watching?"

  Friend who is a fan of Taylor Swift's work, with a deep & nuanced understanding of cinema: "No"

  Me: *watches Taylor Swift documentary*