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Recent reviews

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  Blue Velvet 1986

  ★★★ Watched 02 Jun 2022

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Sans Soleil 1983

  ★★★★½ Watched 01 Jun 2022

  Chris Marker knows, to his immense chagrin, that no "objective reality" can ever really be unearthed by a filmmaker. He's suspicious of himself, unsure of whether he can say anything of value about the popular experiences and the esprit du temps of Japan and Guinea-Bissau or really any other place. He lives in a world where 1968 has been autopsied, autopsies of 1968 have been autopsied, and the leftist drive to perform autopsies of autopsies has been autopsied—and he doesn't…

Popular reviews

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  Bohemian Rhapsody 2018

  ½ Watched 27 Jan 2019 8

  I want to say something to this film's young queer fans. (Buckle up, 'cause this will be long and full of links.)

  I see you. Your love for this movie is valid. Never before in history has a movie with an openly queer protagonist played on 3000 screens in the US, let alone grossed over half a billion dollars internationally—that we've gotten this far is momentous and worth celebrating. I see your admiration for Freddie and his artistry; I'm just…

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  2 or 3 Things I Know About Her 1967

  ★ Watched 19 Aug 2020

  I need all lefty philosopher bros to watch this so they know how embarrassing they're capable of being