Jonathan

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JR
For the love of cinema

Favorite films

  • The Cranes Are Flying
  • Catch Me If You Can
  • Cure
  • Farewell My Concubine

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  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    ★★★★

  • Sing Sing

    ★★★★

  • The Player

    ★★★★½

  • Glory

    ★★★★

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  • The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    ★★★★

    Long live westerns

  • Sing Sing

    Sing Sing

    ★★★★

    Sing Sing is not just a story about confinement within prison walls-it is a meditation on the fragile humanity that thrives even in the most desolate spaces. The film peels back the layers of hardened masculinity, revealing men who have learned to shield themselves from a world that often sees them only through the lens of their mistakes. But within the confines of a prison theater program, where lines from a script become lifelines to forgotten selves, these men confront…

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  • Do the Right Thing

    Do the Right Thing

    ★★★★½

    Put yourself in other persons shoes. A movie that transcends beyond language but a feeling. Racism isn’t something that you’re born with but learned from the fragmented parts of the evil side of humanity. Growing up I’ve always gravitated to black soul music. Luther Vandross, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Teddy Pendergrass, Frank Ocean, Sade, Cleo Sol, Sza, Tems. What I would do to listen to some records in the cool out corner. I love the reference to the film the…

  • Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

    Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron

    ★★★★

    Beautiful insight into the animation genius. His films have brought me so joy and peace. Helping me reconnect with my inner child.

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