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  The Swimming Pool 1969

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  Dredd 2012

  ★★★★ Rewatched 11 Aug 2021

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  Pharos of Chaos 1983

  ★★★★★ Watched 26 Mar 2020

  A lilting, free form and intensely lucid glimpse into a personality belonging to (even then) a fast receding past. At once captivating and meditative, informative, absurd, even mundane - Sterling Hayden has captured my fascination through a way that no actor today has nor possesses in any decent regard - his own story. I spent half my day stopping and starting like 2 hour film much like putting down a book, only to open it up again. Available on mubi now, please watch it while you can.

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  Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 Jan 2020

  I didn't know what to expect from this film. Sciamma is a new name to me, French films often leave me a little bewildered and distanced. Going into this film I was carrying lots of emotions, earlier on this day I'd been told a film, a feature film, that I'd given up two months of my life for, was being scrapped. I was frustrated and sad as I sat down to watch this, my eyes glazed over as ads glossy…

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