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  Universal Language 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Feb 2025

  watched twice - once with faith & kate, once with my parents. a guaranteed favorite for a long time.

  after we saw it, my mom said it was the best movie she had ever seen. she was joking, but i'm not! gentle, lyrical, beautiful. really weird. full of turkeys, and thus, one of the most evocative farsi words i know. this is a movie i've been looking forward to seeing for 4 months and it feels like nothing else to build…

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  Blow-Up 1966

  ★★½ Watched 17 Mar 2025

  not as good as i hoped it would be - a fun mental exercise in recognizing london boroughs, to minimizing success, and waiting to see if eric clapton would be one of the yardbirds included (he's not).

  watched with my mom, which gave me the perfect opportunity to introduce her to the dachshund with blue eyes meme. NEED that man to put in his brown contacts. we were both disturbed by his behavior throughout; she hated the movie, which may…

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  Boogie Nights 1997

  ★★★★ Rewatched 16 Mar 2025 1

  when i first saw this movie (5 years ago), my understandings around editing - especially the interplay between A and V - were totally shifted. i fell in love with it for its rich characterization and its exhaustive music integration.

  watching it today though - the first time in cinemas! and on film! - and having been exposed to more nuance, i find the amount of music shoehorned in to be the film’s weakest spot. well, second weakest, though pta’s…

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  Queer 2024

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Dec 2024 2

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

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