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  Letter Never Sent 1960

  ★★★★½ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  Kalatozov and Urusevsky truly ran so Tarkovsky could fly. Compare this, for example, to Stalker. My mouth was honestly agape at certain scenes and the emotional power of the cinematography. So much happens in this film that it feels longer than 96 minutes but, to truly reach epic potential, it should have run longer. Maybe another 30 minutes getting to know our heroes would have solidified our emotional attachment and strengthened some of the devices as decisive elements.

  That being…

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  Mickey 17 2025

  ★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025 1

  Bong Joon Ho bravely peers into the future to show us what will become of Elon Musk’s IVF Baby with Kai Trump

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  RRR 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Jul 2024

  I’m not sure how to even describe this experience. It was like a series of nuclear bombs erupting for 188 minutes. Is there a director’s cut? I want it to be longer.

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  Panic 1946

  ★★★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2025

  Duvivier’s explosive return to France after WWII, bringing the full force of Hollywood to deliver a firestorm of condemnation against the collaboration and collective hysteria of his countrymen. But beyond the immediate political overtones is a story of alienation and isolation, othering and scapegoating—life as an absurdity, the heart as a contradiction, and the question of fate as the subject of a dominant freer will.

  Duvivier builds upon the foundations of Film Noir, having steeped in Hollywood, and not only…

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