Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Tekkonkinkreet 2006

  ★★★★ Watched 12 Jan 2025

  kid ace and luffy in another universe

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  Haru 1996

  ★★★★ Watched 04 Jan 2025 1

  I really thought Haru is the girl for at least 3/4 of the film

Popular reviews

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  27 Steps of May 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 29 Apr 2019

  Film kedua Ravi Bharwani yang saya tonton ini secara struktur dan pendekatan cerita bisa dibilang sangat mirip dengan film pertamanya, Jermal (2009). Terlebih secara tematik dimana 27 Steps of May kembali menampilkan perjalanan karakter-nya untuk berdamai dengan masa lalu. Ravi Bharwani kembali mengingatkan kita bahwa pengalaman post-traumatik bekerja layaknya rantai reaksi, layaknya infeksi dimana untuk menyembuhkannya diperlukan usaha kolektif melalui proses panjang yang menyeluruh.

  Jika pada Jermal, Jaya (sang anak) berperan sebagai potongan dari masa lalu yang kelam, dimana perkembangannya…

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  Weathering with You 2019

  ★★★½ Watched 21 Aug 2019 1

  While everybody was expecting for another massive tearjerker, Makoto Shinkai subverted it and instead made a fantasy-comedy out of a dramatization of a supernaturally induced "pawang hujan" (rain shaman) story. As expected from him too, Weathering with You is undeniably a work of art. It was pure bliss to my eyes and ears. But unfortunately, not to my heart, as its half-baked narrative and dull characters restrain its magnificently built atmosphere and mood from ever reaching it. It feels a bit underwhelming at the end of the day.

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