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Favorite films

  • The Piano Teacher
  • Persona
  • Possession
  • Mulholland Drive

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  • First Reformed

    ★★★★

  • The Devils

    ★★★★

  • Rabbits

  • Lost Highway

    ★★★½

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Rabbits

Rabbits

2002
Liked Watched

I wonder who I'll be

Pure dread, haunting.

Red Rooms

Red Rooms

2023
★★★★½ Liked Watched

It's a modernized reflection of what Thesis from Amenábar was stating. We live in an era where everything is accessible, therefore everyone is desensitized to violence (especially the one perpetuated to young girls and women). The amount of grotesque pages that can be found on the main web is astonishing. So, imagine what we cannot see. This film captured perfectly the ennui of the modern era, where every click online gives you a sense of adrenaline, plus the darker side of the true crime community. Haven't felt uncomfortable and hopeless in a long, long time.

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The Substance

The Substance

2024
Watched 1

After a week of seeing people post about this on social media nonstop, I finally got the chance to watch The Substance. And it's one of the bleakiest experience I've had with a movie.

First and foremost, the body horror was just decent. It promised and delivered, the anxiety, the grotesque feelings of repulsion to oneself at some point. The bathroom scene where Elisabeth is smearing her makeup is the highlight of this. The teeth scene make me shiver a…

Le 15/8

Le 15/8

1973
★★★★★ Liked Watched 1

this was so mesmerizing and beautiful..... chantal akerman really knows how to create an intimate atmosphere in her films. i saw myself reflected many times during this, it made me feel like i was reading my own journal entries or was just simply in my room alone with my thoughts. also, the fact that it was raining while watching made the experience more intimate than it already was for me.