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  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964

  ★★★★ Watched 03 Mar 2023

  A film I've been meaning to watch for a while....it did not disappoint me. Brilliant acting by Peter Sellers and some really hilarious jokes - "no fighting in the war room" is a particular favourite.

  Incredibly relevant even today, satire at its best

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  Licorice Pizza 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Jan 2022

  Whilst definitely a departure from his previous work, Licorice Pizza really shows PTA's great filmmaking ability yet again.

  Whilst I found it somewhat slow, to begin with (despite the film jumping into action immediately), I was struck by how incredible the cinematography was. The film has great colour throughout and its first moving continuous shots set the tone for how the rest of the film is presented. Like the cinematography in Phantom Thread and The Master, I really cannot praise…

Popular reviews

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  The Handmaiden 2016

  ★★★★ Watched 01 May 2021 3

  This was my first foreign language, subtitled film that I've watched properly, and I was surprised at how natural it felt. Anyway, I'll start talking about the actual film.

  Unlike films of similar length that I have watched previously (the last 2 Star Wars films, There Will Be Blood, Phantom Thread), it didn't seem to drag as much and I found it rather well-paced. The use of time jumps/flashbacks was very good too (rather Arrival-esque, don't kill me for saying…

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  Spirited Away 2001

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Dec 2020 2

  Really touching/charming film. The animation style is beautiful (would take it any day over modern 3D CGI animation). The story is great too! Definitely one of my favourites!