João Conde

João Conde

Favorite films

  • Thelma & Louise
  • Magnolia
  • Mulholland Drive
  • Pain and Glory

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  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★★½

  • Flow

    ★★★★

  • The Straight Story

    ★★★

  • The 400 Blows

    ★★

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  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★★½

    Until now I didn't realized how much I missed Twin Peaks.
    There will never be something quite like the atmosphere of this surreal town and I just wished I could experienced it for the first time once again.
    This film was the nice revisit that I needed as the last chapter to end this amazing journey.

  • Flow

    Flow

    ★★★★

    There's so much to say about the geniality of this wonder of animation.
    Most notoriously, it's a pivotal mark in demonstrating that animals don't need to be personified, every emotion and motivation it's perfectly and much more beautifuly expressed based only on their natural sounds and behaviour.
    Creating distance from reality by incorporating magical element's and mixing creatures from different parts of the planet enhances the message by showing how global is the impact of climate change and that we…

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  • Central Station

    Central Station

    ★★★★★

    I'm still stunned at how much the unusual bond between the protagonists touched me, so trying to express that beautiful impact feels incomplete.
    I will say that what most impresed me was the subtlety with which the narrative evokes the fragility of life and our dependency on love to strengthen it.
    Despite trying to refuse it, either because we don't recognize it, or fear it, and mostly because we tend to think it weakens oneself, but knowing in the end that it's inevitable to hang on to empathy, compassion and care for others to survive.

  • Challengers

    Challengers

    Do I give a damn about tennis, absolutely not.
    Do I enjoyed the thrill of this film in every nerve, totally.
    Forget the plot, this is all about the building tension, sexually, competitively, angrily and passionately.
    The eletronic soundtrack, the close up faces, the naughty love triangle, the balls hitting the screen, all framed in the context of sport, fitted perfectly.
    What an wholesome electric combination!!

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