stanleyrg

stanleyrg

Favorite films

  • The Night of the Hunter
  • Nights of Cabiria
  • Drive My Car
  • Aguirre, the Wrath of God

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  • Passages

    ★★★½

  • Anatomy of a Fall

    ★★★½

  • Hard Truths

    ★★★★

  • Another Year

    ★★★★

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  • Passages

    Passages

    ★★★½

    So sad.

    Franz Rogowski is excellent as the pitiful, narcissistic yet deeply sexy Tomas - who rips to pieces everything he touches.

    Ben Whishaw's Martin is discerning clever and very likeable.

    Adèle Exarchopoulos (Agathe) is completely tragic as she almost "disappears" in the shadow of the other two lovers. She is captivating when meeting Martin in a cafe towards the end of the film.

  • Anatomy of a Fall

    Anatomy of a Fall

    ★★★½

    Sandra Huller is impeccable in this thoughtful, immaculate drama that poses interesting questions about relationships and perspective.

    The actor who plays Daniel is brilliant as is, of course, Messi the dog.

    It's a very calculated and deliberate film and I think this is why, while I thoroughly enjoyed it, it did not quite reach the heights I expected of it.

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  • Love Lies Bleeding

    Love Lies Bleeding

    ★★★½

    Great and mad!

    A tale of roids, forbidden love and murder (or murders).

    Kristen Stewart and Katy O’Brian are brilliant.

  • The Holdovers

    The Holdovers

    ★★★★

    A beautiful, tender piece of cinema about an unlikely trio of outcasts learning about one another’s unknown depths.

    Giamatti delivers a heart rendering outing as the loveable mr hunham, a robin williams in good will hunting-esque performance.

    Newcomer Dominic sessa and Da'Vine Joy Randolph
    are also brilliant.

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