Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Blondes in the Jungle 2009

  Rewatched 25 May 2020

  Live streamed this Thursday, May 28th at 8pm GMT+1 at twitch.tv/cabaretnoise

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  Cheap Killers 1998

  Rewatched 06 May 2019

  Struck by the intimacy that balances the melodrama all throughout. It's not just in the way Sam Cool and Yat-tiu interact but the violence as well feels close and personal. It suggests that no matter how much trauma they can survive that they are doomed to live through more for the entirety of their lives.

Popular reviews

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  Osaka Elegy 1936

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Jul 2015

  You know the world is fucked when inequalities exposed in 1936 Japan are still relevant today.

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  Chungking Express 1994

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Jun 2015

  Two men come to terms with their broken hearts. Two women help them in unwitting and subtle but romantic ways. Nobody does subtle romance like Wong Kar Wai. Here he moves heartbreak around in two ways.

  For Takeshi Kaneshiros's character, Wu, the glancing connection made with any woman is enough for him. His superstitions drive him. They distract him from the reality of his life. Wong's camera is faster than usual, using lower frame rates to create a hectic feeling.…

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