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  Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film 2018

  Watched 06 Mar 2025

  I appreciate how many scenes from the actual film are included, even if none of the performances work. Takes itself way too seriously and dialogues are nothing but a concatenation of one-liners. Quite tame and boring aesthetically, outside of a few inspired transitions.

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  Dahomey 2024

  Watched 03 Mar 2025

  The university discussions were the only thing that really grabbed me. Other than that, nicely shot with cool sound design, but not much that really stuck out to me as interesting or affecting.

Popular reviews

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  Bird 2024

  Watched 21 Feb 2025

  This movie made me cry at:
  - a couple of drunk blokes singing Coldplay for a toad
  - people dancing to Cotton Eye Joe
  - the end credits

  Such tenderness in everything from the ferocious, rebellious momentum of the beginning and the stories of hardship, pain and conflict to the contemplative, poetic and sometimes joyful moments of connection and community. Nykiya Adams makes confusion, curiosity and affection palpable, Rogowski adds a few extra layers to the lovable outsider he usually…

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  Queer 2024

  Watched 14 Feb 2025

  Has everything I expected; warm colors, a hypnotic rhythm, constant emotional tension and release, a tactile sense of closeness, just so much style, and then it has a whole lot of fascinating, moving turns that I did not see coming at all as someone unfamiliar with Burroughs.