Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  We Are Little Zombies 2019

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Nov 2023

  CONTINUE?
  ▶ YES
  ▷ NO

  まぁ、幸せになれるとは限らないけどね
  

  4 ❤️

  Sakito's rating: ★★★½

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  Tongues Untied 1989

  ★★★★ Watched 06 Nov 2023

  Some of the anger will be exercised, but the hurt which has not been given voice prevails and accumulates. Silence is a way to grin and bear it, a way not to acknowledge how much my life is discounted each day.

  This was great. I had heard praise of this director's works, but I had no idea of the format he creates with them. It took me aback at first. The slurs just kept coming at one point too, huh…

Popular reviews

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  The Forest of Love 2019

  ½ Watched 13 Oct 2019 1

  Hated the treatment / use of female characters in this film. It was like watching a weird old man's fantasies for what felt like a whole day. It was sooo long and dragged out.

  I have not seen much of his work, but it was obvious to me that he was inspired by himself. As narcissistic as the main focus of the film.

  Maybe that's also why he had so many uninteresting references to Romeo & Juliet.

  With that said, I…

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  A Touch of Fever 1993

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Sep 2020

  I have come to enjoy more slice of life type films. I easily coasted along watching these youngsters lives.

  It is great to know this director was praised for this work at the time. It definitely felt like he achieved a very natural portrayal of gay men, and possibly of gay sex workers too. It felt realistic and relatable in what it was presenting.

  The two main men's silence, in both tense and awkward situations, was wholesomely relatable. Their feelings…