Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Blind Love 2025

  ★★★ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  (6/8 is "Good")
  Blind Love touches a few themes - the principle one being the fluidity of love in the face of stifling Taiwanese culture. I thought it was competently made, and there were both some very sensual and very emotional moments, but it ran way too long (I mean its a 2 and a half hour movie).

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  Việt and Nam 2024

  ★★★½ Watched 16 Mar 2025

  (7/8 is "Very Good")

  This film looks amazing. Few locations are as interesting as a messy Vietnamese workshop, or home, or jungle - take your pick. And the image has an incredible film richness. It really reminded me of some classic 90s Philippines cinema, which is high praise for me.

  The story itself is more of an emotional journey than a straightforward plot per-se. Its about a turn-of-the-century Vietnaam: sexual attitudes are changing, foreign opportunities are opening up for work,…

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  Alpine Fire 1985

  ★★★★ Watched 04 Sep 2017 1

  (8/8 is "Great")
  [Film #1200]
  Today I have found possibly the best alpine film - by chance. You see, I have felt the drive to find a mountain movie for many years because I have myself spent a large portion of my childhood under the shadow of mountains (not as grand as the Alps I'll grant, but still). There is something about that experience that this film captures perfectly, but also something more.

  To be in a lowly populated region…

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  The Evil Dead 1981

  ★★★★ Watched 02 Apr 2017

  (8/8 is "Great")
  The great thing about this film is that it knows precisely what it is - an ultra cheap B movie horror. It knows that some of the things it does to make the horror work are silly, and then it points and says "Ha! Wasn't that great? Look at the blood!".

  It's somewhat congruous to think of two-camera sitcoms - obviously fake, removed from reality - yet highly engrossing. It's because the formalist staging makes it cinematic.…

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