Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Law and Order 1969

  Watched 14 Feb 2025 2

  how the camera is able to be so active yet unintrusive is one of the most fascinating things about Wiseman's films. Each one seems to be the exploration of this central contradicting of non fiction film. He doesn't have to force anything but is endlessly curious and determined. with this one, the camera seems to know that cops/bootlickers are always the best indictment of themselves

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  Presence 2024

  Watched 05 Feb 2025

  i think a lot of the mixed reviews I'm reading are hinged on that this was sold as a horror movie, when it's kind of just a very experimental family drama. sorta a masterpiece idc

Popular reviews

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  Five Broken Cameras 2011

  Watched 14 Oct 2023

  "I lose consciousness for 20 days. When I wake up Israel is beginning its massive siege on Gaza of 2008...my recovery is just a drop in that sea of violence."

  Filming as an instrument in the marathon of liberation. "The only freedom I can give [my son] is to view things with his own eyes."

  To see Zionism's hate in everyday form, in all its ugliness. The world will come to see the Israeli flag in the same way we…

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  Memories of Murder 2003

  Rewatched 03 Nov 2019 2

  just captivating. I tried to write about the film but it feels like trying to put a river into a bowl.