khoda

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Favorite films

  • Summertime
  • Cléo from 5 to 7
  • GoShogun: The Time Étranger
  • Labyrinth

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  • Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

    ★★★★

  • Babette's Feast

    ★★★★★

  • Vlad Love

    ★★½

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  • Popful Mail

    Popful Mail

    They wouldn't fund this, but gave Moriyama the green light for Jungle de Ikou? Criminal.

  • Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

    Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

    ★★★★

    Just saw in the theater tonight. The closeup shots look great; the AI is apparent in distanced shots. Do I wish it could have looked better, naturally? Of course.
    But I was still happy to see it as is, on the big screen. More than once a tear came to my eye; be it because of the loss of Leiji Matsumoto, or seeing a much-loved favorite on the big screen… the sincerity hit me.
    A lovely experience.

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  • Flashdance

    Flashdance

    ★½

    “Do you like phone booths?”

    The lobster seduction scene was a The Room-level exchange of baffling, hilarious non sequiturs. God bless Jennifer Beals for keeping a straight face while literally flossing with stringy strands of lobster meat. Her character and the whole script is infused with this pervasive sleaziness that took me by surprise… until I saw that it was co-written by the guy behind Showgirls. Teen heroine Alex definitely seems like a Nomi-in-training, growing increasingly unhinged toward the end of the…

  • Babette's Feast

    Babette's Feast

    ★★★★★

    A beautiful film about art, faith, loss, sacrifice and love.

    The animatronic turtle terrified me.

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