Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Crimson Gold 2003

  ★★★ Rewatched 22 Jan 2023

  A story with potential, hurt by inconsistencies in the level of directing and extremely poor acting. 

  Just watch the brilliant opening scene and then agonize over the fact that same level of brilliance is never matched again through the movie

  As for acting, you have to be a native Persian speaker to truly understand HOW bad it is. 

  Some would argue by casting an actual schizophrenic pizza delivery man in the main role instead of a professional actor, Panahi is…

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  Kandahar 2001

  ★★ Rewatched 22 Jan 2023

  How much of a movie’s worth as a work of art, is dependent on the topic it depicts? Would a dish taste good just because the cook has a kind and noble heart?

  Makhmalbaf’s Kandahar, is a lazy attempt by a cunning director that had learned how to woo foreign movie festival jurors by tickling their “moral” pressure points,  probably before anyone else. The fact that he - considering his political and cinematic history - most likely believes in what…