SW Groenewegen

SW Groenewegen

Favorite films

  • The Accidental Tourist
  • Picnic at Hanging Rock
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • Sunset Boulevard

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  • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

    ★★★★

  • Scent of a Woman

    ★★★★

  • Origin

    ★★★

  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    ★★★

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  • A Complete Unknown

    A Complete Unknown

    ★★★★

    Works as a music biopic because it’s actually filled with music, orbits Dylan with contrasting supporting characters (Pete Seeger, Joan Baez) who are fascinating in their own right, and doesn’t try to explain Bob Dylan or pretend he wasn’t an arsehole.

  • Heretic

    Heretic

    ★★★

    It’s all creepy-good fun and games till the plot falls apart at the end.

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  • Marriage Story

    Marriage Story

    ★★★★½

    This movie creeps up on you. I was enjoying it well enough but the last 15 minutes really elevated the film and moved me deeply. I can't stop thinking about it and can't wait to see it again.

  • Midsommar

    Midsommar

    ★★★★★

    Not a date movie, in fact Midsommar might be the ultimate in break-up movies. A suspense-horror film that's unusually drenched in sunlight and also drenched in an atmosphere of exponentially increasing dread. It's full of fascinating detail about the midsummer rituals of this unusual extended Swedish 'family' and anchored by a relatable and grief-stricken lead performance by Florence Pugh.

    Writer-director Ari Aster somehow makes this light and spacious-looking landscape feel dark and oppressive and claustrophobic. By the end, Midsommar is completely fucked up and disturbing. I loved it.

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