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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★

  • The Girl with the Needle

    ★★★★

  • Nickel Boys

    ★★★

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  • Cries and Whispers

    Cries and Whispers

    ★★★★½

    “Come what may, this is happiness. I cannot wish for anything better. Now, for a few minutes, I can experience perfection and I feel profoundly grateful to my life, which gives me so much.”

    In Cries and Whispers, Bergman deals with familiar themes, but this time he also places specific emphasis on the use of colour. The colours red, white and black must therefore be discussed in particular. Inevitably, the actors must also be emphasised, all of whom give outstanding…

  • The Touch

    The Touch

    ★★½

    „You should talk about fairness! Don’t come crying for consideration or sympathy. Take responsibility. Own up to it. For once, make a decision and accept the consequences.”

    The 1971 released Swedish-US-American film drama ‘The Touch’ by Ingmar Bergman, is his first bilingual film, that you can tell, because not only does the dialogue seem a bit bumpy at times, even the actors sometimes seem like amateurs, especially Elliott Gould, who only must speak in his native language, yet gives the…

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  • Pickpocket

    Pickpocket

    ★★★★

    "Oh, Jeanne, to reach you, what a strange path I had to take."

  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    ★★★★½

    Morricone didn't have to go this hard with the graveyard scene

    Holy shit