Sebastian Letts

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Favorite films

  • Spirited Away
  • After Hours
  • Amadeus
  • Lawrence of Arabia

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  • A Woman

    ★★★½

  • Rear Window

    ★★★★½

  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

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  • Senna

    Senna

    ★★★★½

    There was moment in Paris where me and a friend stumbled into the FIA offices by pure chance. And there, at the entrance, lay that iconic yellow helmet. And only that, nearly moved me to tears. Ayrton Senna is an absolute hero. He is the greatest racing driver the world has ever seen, and this documentary is absolute perfection as an ode to his life. The doc is one of the most emotional pieces of filmmaking I’ve come across, in…

  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

    Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

    ★★★★

    I owe a lot to this film. Not only did it get me into fiction when I was younger but it also paved the way in my interest in the music of film, and by consequence, the process of film as a whole. This film is a pillar of my passion for cinema, more so than any other, and without it, I’m not sure I would be the person I am today. It kept my interest in film alive for…

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

    Woke up this morning to find that the very long and tired review I wrote at 3am was never posted. I don't want to do this, but I'll do my best to summarise it.

    I'm still in awe of The Brutalist. In those first twenty minutes alone I was levitating, something that carries into a pretty flawless first half. Even with the perfection of the overture and part one, the film is brilliantly tied together in the second part. Corbet's…

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★

    It felt so surreal when we were actually watching Mickey 17, a film that has gone through production hell, and miraculously, it works. Despite the long wait, this is Bong Joon-ho making whatever he wants post Oscar, and this zany yet somber dark comedy feels like such an impressive direction in his filmography. Probably one my bigger takeaways is how genuinely incredible Robert Pattinson is, the guy keeps putting on these weird voices that never feel like impressions, and here he…

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  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

    Missed the first thirty minutes today because I was waiting for my qualifying projecting show verdict (I passed!) but this got better on rewatch. It became more apparent that Mangold is doing something different here, where I forget that I am watching an musical biopic, which is a feeling that’s very hard to shake with everything else I’ve watched in the genre. It feels genuine, it doesn’t really feel like anything is being shoed in, it just works. Chalamet’s performance…

  • Vertigo

    Vertigo

    ★★★★½

    Watched this on a 35mm print (1997 restoration) and it only emphasised how this is genuinely one of the most beautiful looking films ever made, it genuinely feels impossible when considering its time of release.