Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  After Love 2020

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Feb 2025

  Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

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  Double Indemnity 1944

  ★★★★½ Watched 20 Dec 2024

  A cinematic triumph. A film that defines the essence of noir with its impeccable craftsmanship.

  Every element, from the crackling dialogue to the evocative chiaroscuro lighting, feels meticulously designed to immerse the viewer in its world of moral ambiguity. The performances are electrifying and Wilder’s direction is taut and masterful, balancing tension and atmosphere with an artistry few directors can achieve.

  This is cinema at its most evocative, intelligent and utterly compelling.

Popular reviews

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  Central Station 1998

  ★★★★★ Watched 10 Oct 2022

  Fuuuuck what a film..

  Central Station is a story of redemption and second chances. A drama about marginalized individuals who in adverse circumstances get close to each other and emerge from that hostile environment with a new found vision of life. At the same time, we find the portrait of the Brazilian social reality of illiterates, peasants, misery and religious devotion. A moving film, with endearing characters brilliantly played by Fernanda Montenegro and Vinicius de Oliveira, and a beautiful, incredibly…

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  Full Metal Jacket 1987

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Mar 2023 1

  First part of the film has probably the greatest sequence of scenes that I have ever watched. In it, two actors hit the peak of their acting careers : One got there late in his career "R. Lee Ermey" and the second in his first ever role "Vincent D'Onofrio".

  Full Metal Jacket is a harrowing, violent and foul-mouthed film, yet it is superbly done. True, one or two parts may lack tropical realism, but the atmosphere the film creates is…

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