Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Holiday 1938

  Watched 09 Nov 2024

  may I be also part of Johnny, Linda, Nick and Susan club, please

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  Dirty Dancing 1987

  ★★★½ Watched 09 Nov 2024

  80’s disco, 50’s Rock and Roll – I was definitely born in a wrong era

Popular reviews

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  Fireworks 1997

  ★★★★★ Watched 13 Apr 2024

  ‘You become responsible for people, forever, for what you have tamed’
                                                        (The Little Prince)

  This exact quote came into my mind while watching Fireworks and it perfectly describes the main character played by Kitano himself. Till the last moment, even after losing himself he remains responsible for his people. 

  I am familiar with…

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  The Long Farewell 1971

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 04 Apr 2024

  Rewatching Muratova is constantly asking yourself – “How..how…how does she make it?” How is it even possible to capture and show these little details and moments? How does she understand and love her little own characters, somehow innocent and childlike, nevertheless with their own flaws, average people with average lives? How does capture their little dramas? How does she utilize camera and editing in a way that feels like it is life, and camera is just magically appeared on that…