Favorite films

Recent reviews

• 

  Here and Elsewhere 1976

  ★★★★★ Watched 09 Mar 2025

  I couldn’t find No Other Land anywhere, but this will do for now.

• 

  Sansho the Bailiff 1954

  ★★★★ Watched 04 Mar 2025

  First of Mizoguchi’s films I’ve ever watched.

  The Japanese cinematography in the 50s and 60s is just insane. Every frame is a painting because it reveals the entire scene and cuts just become unrequired for the spectator to comprehend what is happening. In Sansho The Bailiff, this framing is used to transmit an intimate feeling between the protagonists. 

  Although the intimate portrayal is the strenght of the film, it feels like the central theme of the movie is weakened by…

Popular reviews

• 

  The Bad Sleep Well 1960

  ★★★★½ Watched 23 Feb 2025

  Kurosawa adapts Hamlet’s rage in a genius way when translating the medieval scenario into Japanese capitalism at its worst shape.

  The cinematography is impeccable and Mifune is great as always. The tragedy is announced at the beginning and burns until the very end.

• 

  Emilia Pérez 2024

  ½ Watched 09 Feb 2025

  God granted eyesight and audition to a deaf blind man so he could watch Emilia Pérez. This man is now a satanist.

Following