Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  A Woman Is a Woman 1961

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 07 Apr 2024

  Magic.

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Mar 2024

  As someone who loves science fiction, this film was a surprising breath of fresh air for me. After rewatching the first Dune in preparation, I was quite disappointed, and although I love Denis Villeneuve and I was initially excited to see his version of Dune, it simply didn’t compare to other films he’s made in my opinion. While visually interesting, it lacked a pulse, and the complexities that were at points hinted at were drowned out by exposition, (largely) mediocre…

Popular reviews

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  The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant 1972

  ★★★★★ Watched 11 Aug 2022

  Why the fuck aren’t films like this made anymore? Genuine human emotion, an authentic examination of the human condition, a director who knows exactly how he wants each frame to look and feel, and who uses space, time and his subjects to their maximum potential. That’s not to say the film is flashy, it’s subtle, with gentle dollies, pans, tilts, zooms and long takes. Through its distinctive visual language and its tragic characters this film acted as a meditation of…

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  Mirror 1975

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Jun 2022

  Past, present, dream, reality, memory, hallucination; what is it to live a human life? What does it mean, anything at all? Are we not just a collection of memories, of experiences tainted by the flow of time and our own biased perceptions. What mirror have we created for ourselves? The more Tarkovsky films I've seen the more I feel like I've peered into his subconscious. I don't even fully comprehend this film, but I doubt he intended us to. As…