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Recent reviews

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  Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 01 Feb 2025 1

  Great documentary about the coup of lumumba. The jazz connection feels a bit overstated as an excuse to have a fantastic soundtrack, but all the jazz material is excellent and refreshing. Probably best to have some understanding of the 1960 congo crisis before going in because it’s not very narrative, which allows the witnesses to tell their story, a strength, but leaves the viewer wanting for context.

  And I love Khrushchev .

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  Conclave 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 25 Jan 2025

  Really enjoyed it. Beautiful visually, and i love any movie where the characters are politicking. The portrayal of the cardinals as complex human beings was also well done

Popular reviews

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  Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Nov 2023 2

  top 5 guerrilla warfare cinema

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  Oppenheimer 2023

  ★★★★ Watched 28 Jul 2023 2

  Need time to decipher my feelings, but it’s visually stunning , many incredible sequences and the soundtrack was v powerful. I will say it is interesting that the two worst characters you encounter are the two that have the best read on Oppenheimer imo.

  
  Proceed pass this point forewarned of pretension:
  I am choosing to interpret the 8th grade level misattribution of the proudhon quote to marx as a smart joke about how oppenheimer did not actually read capital but that may be generous

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