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Recent reviews

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  Juvenile Court 1973

  Watched 17 Mar 2025

  This is my second Frederick Wiseman I've seen. I think he has an incredible eye and is able to really bring heart and emotive storytelling to each subject he picks. I cant even imagine how difficult it is to take a mass of footage that you shoot and edit it down to be a coherent essence of whatever you have chosen so that the audience gets a feel of it. He does it here and it is deeply upsetting, the…

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  Hospital 1970

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Mar 2025

  I havent logged a movie in a while so figured i would log this one because ive been thinking about it for a long time. The way that Wiseman films and chooses what to show with people talking is so incredible, you can be transported into the middle of a conversation about being in the middle of medical jargon and you get a feel for what is going on. I really love that he hammers home the point that massive…

Popular reviews

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  Seven Samurai 1954

  ★★★★★ Watched 01 Dec 2024

  People in front of us left at intermission and I joked “YOURE ABANDONING YOUR POST” and they looked at me like I was insane. My fault

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  Ted 2012

  Watched 20 Feb 2024

  I do deep down love ted… Ted Day 2024 will be June 29th. We will go on a tour of all filming locations of Ted, including the aquarium, Fenway, and Charlie’s sandwich shop. All welcome