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I'm Still Here 2024
Few films have the power to break your heart so completely while doing so with such grace and restraint.
Salles’ directorial comeback works both as a personal tragedy and an unflinching indictment of the brutality of dictatorship.
Directed with incredible subtlety, the heartbreak is woven into every moment, but it never feels forced - its power lies in its quiet dignity, much like the woman at its centre.
Eunice Paiva was not just a mother, she was a fighter,…
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The Handmaiden 2016
Big wins for erotic literacy, elaborate betrayals and lesbians
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True Romance 1993
Watching this film once a year is my treat from me to me. Masterpiece
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Ran 1985
Kurosawa’s magnum opus. An absolute epic.
While High and Low remains my personal favourite of Kurosawa’s films, Ran is likely his most complete and ambitious work. It brings together everything Kurosawa excelled at - masterful storytelling, complex characters, powerful visuals and a deep understanding of human nature. Set against the backdrop of epic battles and family tragedy, Ran stands as a powerful reflection on the consequences of power, pride, greed and the inevitable fall that comes when someone loses sight…
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