Many have said they find this film to be tedious, however I found it to be quiet and contemplative. I almost felt as though I was getting lost in the forest with them. It's rather heart breaking in a way, I cried during the last 20 minutes or so and my heart feels heavy whenever I think about this film. A beautiful, heartbreaking, yet at times humuorus look at life and grief.
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The Innocents 1961
Not to be that person but I wish horror films were still made like this. No jump scares because it is actually genuinely scary and so doesn't need to resort to such cheap tactics every five seconds, no gratuitous and pointless sex scenes, well written, directed and acted (even by the child actors), characters that actually have character and are interesting to watch, relies on an unsettling atmosphere that builds slowly over the course of the film, fitting music and…
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Guilty of Romance 2011
Guilty of Romance is a garishly coloured noir by Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono. Black shadows and bright green and pink lights set the tone of this sickening, lush mystery about two female corpses, each partly a severed human and partly a mannequin.
As a female detective and her partner investigate, a story is told, in chapters, of a shy woman named Izumi (Megumi Kagurazaka) who is married to a successful novelist. To alleviate the boredom of waiting all day for…
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The World of Kanako 2014
The World of Kanako follows ex-detective Akihiro Fujishima (Kôji Yakusho), who searches for his missing daughter, the titular Kanako. This takes him down a swirling, dark world of under-age prostitution, rave culture, drug dealing, and even the Yakuza — plunged into a sea of blood and death.
The film spends little time on Kanako herself, choosing insead to show the effect she has on those around her. From her father to a young boy (whose love for her leads him down a dark…
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