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Cinema Paradiso 1988
Beautiful movies like these remind me of the pure human joy I had going to the cinema as a child. Immersed, entranced and full of awe. Brb crying
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The Zone of Interest 2023
“This is not a film about the past. It’s trying to be about now, and about us and our similarity to the perpetrators, not our similarity to the victims.” - Jonathan Glazer on The Guardian
This film left me unsettled and chilled to the bone. I left the theatre in a daze. Jonathan Glazer effectively shows us the detached point of view of the German commandant of Auschwitz and his family - their complicity and cognitive dissonance on full display…
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Dune: Part Two 2024
Instantly regretted not watching it in IMAX (I didn’t feel like I truly saw the film) but you do what you have to do when you spontaneously decide to watch it on a Friday eve after work.
A cinematic experience for sure. Javier Bardem does so well at being the religious fanatic uncle who tells endless tales of Lisan Al-Gaib to anyone who’d listen. Also how do they get off those worms??
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