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  The Blue Hour 2015

  ★★★★ Rewatched 19 Mar 2025

  A movie that grows in spirit long after you've seen it. Probably one that a straight person will not understand.

  Being marginalized and subjected to violence in what should be his "safe spaces"—by the very people who should care for and love him—Tam develops a schizophrenic relationship with reality: utter paranoia.

  I believe that Phum never existed. That the extreme violence of his social conditions forced Tam to create a context that justified his fears. In this paranoid state, Tam…

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  Cruising 1980

  ★★½ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  Meh.

  Even though it’s surprising to see such a bold interpretation of the gay leather scene starring Al Pacino in an '80s movie, I left the film feeling indifferent about it. I don’t clearly understand whether the editing was meant to contribute to the narrative or if it was simply following a trend of the time. Either way, it was kind of annoying.

  I try not to interpret every movie as a political statement—though I understand that, in some way,…

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  The Impatient Alchemist 2002

  ★★½ Watched 05 Apr 2023

  Una película muy autoconsciente. El protagonista clever muy clever, el mafioso muy mafioso (ruso, oh), la sidekick muy sidekick, el malo muy malo, los puntos de giro muy sobremarcados, la fotografía muy explícita. Si había tensión sexual, había saxo. Si había suspenso, había musiquita. Los cortes, super duros. En fin, una película muy película jajajjaja

  No la pasé mal igual. Lo que no mata, reafirma (?)

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  Green Snake 1993

  ★★★½ Watched 17 Mar 2023

  Vieron eso que nos enseñaron en las clases de fotografía que no se hacía? Bueno, a la basura.

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