Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Ennio 2021

  ★★★ Added

  Somehow Tornatore manages to mess it up at the end, handling the inevitable themes of legacy, recognition, Agon or whatever in the most boring and insulting way

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  Heaven's Gate 1980

  ★★★★½ Added

  not exactly, but quite a Western Barry Lyndon, which is the highest compliment.
  so, an all-American Barry Lyndon set in the post-1776/1789 radical period, just before the closing of the new frontier.

  Make America Radical Again

Popular reviews

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  Y Tu Mamá También 2001

  ★★★★ Added

  For whatever reason, in 20-something years, cinema (and/or we) went from Y tu Mamá También to Challengers.

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  The Beast 2023

  ★★★ Added

  I'd like to hear you play.
  I'm not ready.
  What are you working on?
  Schönberg. I'm suffering.
  Is it that difficult?
  For me, it is. It's very inventive, but it's hard to find the emotion in it.
  Maybe that's what's so exciting. Because frankly, some things are not possible anymore.
  Such as?
  As it so happens, the illusion of feeling. The illusion of sentimental self-satisfaction in music.
  But sentiment is the beginning of emotion.
  Not necessarily. Emotion can come from…

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