The perfect film about growing up and realising the imperfections and faults of your parents. One of my favourite family dramas for sure
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Monster 2004
As superb as any TV show could be. An anime, but with absolutely none of the usual anime bollocks that could put someone off. It is written, animated, and stylised more like a moody complex scandi-noir than an anime
The story is long and complex and becomes bigger and deeper as the episodes progress, expanding in geographical scope as well as delving deeper into the details of the past
There is a tremendous core of recurring characters, but also dozens…Translated from by -
Werckmeister Harmonies 2000
A dead whale is carted into town and the incomprehensibility of such a beast drives the town into populist madness ... how could it be otherwise? I was reminded of this film when reading the stunning article Whale Fall by Rebecca Giggs, about how a whale dies and decomposes. 'As if the whale itself, in its fleshly presence, testified to hitherto unfathomed dimensions of reality'; 'The whale’s eye – midnight, mid-ocean – had no eyelashes and, according to another wildlife…
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