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The Eight Mountains 2022
This is an astonishingly beautiful movie, where every single frame could stand on its own as a world-class photograph. It's a rare and amazing work of cinema; as visually beautiful as it is in every other way. A tale about friendship between two men whose lives diverge naturally throughout the years, it's a profoundly moving story that never feels forced or like it's trying too hard to be deep. It's “just” a coming-of-age tale that, like very few I've seen,…
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The Boy and the Heron 2023
While I'm generally a fan of Mr. Miyazaki's work, there is sometimes an undertone to some of his movies that weirds me out a bit. I can't quite put my finger on it, I usually attribute it to losses in translation and cultural differences, but this movie is the purified version of that weird undertone.
I'm just gonna be honest and say it outright: I didn't understand this movie. Even after reading some definitely smarter people's reviews and explanations online,…
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The Social Dilemma 2020
Look, I hate Facebook as much as the next guy. I don’t even have an Instagram. Twitter does nothing for me. Hell, I’ve even deleted my Reddit last year because I felt like it was taking too much of my time. So I have little to no bias against the subject matter. But this could have been so much better it’s actually a bit annoying.
Are we really supposed to pretend that social networks are the disease and not the…
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Equals 2015
I have read some pretty terrible reviews of this movie. I have seen people dismissing it as everything but the well above-average piece of cinema it actually turned out being. I'm not going to say this is an instant classic. I am not going to say this is the best movie of 2015. But what I am going to say is that this movie, with its somewhat slow pace and unnerving cold dystopian atmosphere manages to make us think. And…
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