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

  ★★★★★ Watched 25 Nov 2022

  Stanley Kubrick offers his finest palette of cinematic charcuterie with this satirical installment featuring an amazing three-part cameo of Peter Sellers’ acting chops.

  Any filmmaker named Devon would love this film. Especially a 35mm screening.

  I’d say more about this film, but sometimes less is more.

  9.78456/10 (not arbitrary at all)

  Kley-approved.

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  All Quiet on the Western Front 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 18 Nov 2022

  A magnum opus of a war film. The scale, score, and sheer objective terror throw the audience into the front lines of the metaphorical fever that is war. 

  James Friends’ cinematography is a feat in and of itself. It calls homage to the war film “Come And See”, as the protagonist shows us the terror of war through his eyes.

  The juxtaposition of the soldiers to the generals shows the toxicity of the hierarchical society that bred the third reich.…

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