Raiden Shapiro

Raiden Shapiro

Favorite films

  • Blade Runner
  • The Thing
  • Amadeus
  • The Social Network

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  • Purple Noon

    ★★★★

  • Lost Highway

    ★★★★½

  • Thief

    ★★★

  • Amadeus

    ★★★★★

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  • Interstellar

    Interstellar

    ★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Blade Runner

    Blade Runner

    ★★★★★

    Films like Blade Runner were simply meant to be seen in the cinema. To say this film holds up would be an understatement, one of the most technically perfect films ever made. Never has a film’s world felt so real, the grungy, desperate streets of Los Angeles brought to life with incredible sets and timeless VFX. Blade Runner also single-handedly created the look for the Cyberpunk genre, every piece of sci-fi since has been inspired by Blade Runner in one way…

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  • Beau Is Afraid

    Beau Is Afraid

    ★★★½

    A deeply interesting film, which absolutely works on a technical level. But on a story/emotional level? I’m not sure, the first 2 hours I was very much into it. However the last hour definitely lost some momentum. It miraculously finds a balance of being incredibly funny and unsettling. Joaquin Phoenix doesn’t hold back and fully goes for it, which I appreciate. There’s a lot to unpack here and I don’t think you can get it all in just one watch.…

  • Climax

    Climax

    ★★★★★

    I don’t know