michalsn13

michalsn13

"No, but it's on my watchlist."

Favorite films

  • Whiplash
  • Aftersun
  • Apocalypse Now
  • The Florida Project

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★½

  • I Saw the Devil

    ★★½

  • The Monkey

    ★★

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★

    Like each Mickey, the film is a mix-up of waste and reusables (mostly from other Bong’s films or SNL Trump’s sketches that did not make the cut) but at least in the story they’ve created Robert Pattinson’s body instead of just being there with little to none connection. The script is for a maximum of an hour, yet in a more than 2h runtime there was no time to develop these characters into anything beyond walking one-personality-traits. I guess they…

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★½

    During the first half of the film I only assured myself that some backstories and motivations work better when they are left unrevealed, in the second one though I really liked some of the more creative decisions. Ellen's subplot also touching on the subject of women's disobedience treated as hysteria or Nosferatu's symbolism shifting from disease/plague to lust and sexual fulfilment- these were clever additions from Eggers and reminded me of Żuławski's "Posession" in some sense. In the end "Nosferatu"…

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  • A Different Man

    A Different Man

    ★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • In the Shadow of the Cypress

    In the Shadow of the Cypress

    ★★★½

    The narrative itself is a bit confusing but it’s still impressive how all the emotions are shown without words. The animation is also great, perhaps even a bit show-offy at times.

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