Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Jun 2024

  youtu.be/UJC91C6KvYY?si=kl_zg6elKYfJClov

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  Closer 2004

  ★★★ Added

  unfortunately, i cannot give any film with the pink hair scene anything less than a positive review

Popular reviews

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  Seven Samurai 1954

  ★★★★½ Watched 04 Jun 2022

  I find it difficult to write something that can express how much I love this movie while also elucidating my small reservations with this film and for that matter many of Kurosawa’s films in general, similar to how Bordwell and others express admiration/concern with how direct and closed Kurosawa’s films are, I admire Kurosawa’s maximalism, all in service of a compelling narrative, but the focus on providing constant entertainment makes for an undeniably enjoyable but restrictive experience, it’s a bit…

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  Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992

  ★★★★½ Watched 14 Jul 2022

  I know a lot of people complain about how the film shifts from 35 minutes of quaint, business as usual twin peaks-isms to 100 minutes of perhaps the most harrowing narrative ever put to film but it’s reminiscent of a technique often employed in Ford’s films where the hokey, naive shenanigans of the early west are contrasted with a brutal, primal struggle to enforce western order in an unaccommodating environment, the shift is characteristic of Peaks portrayal of the disquieting…

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