Tom Abbott

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Favorite films

  • The Seventh Seal
  • The Handmaiden
  • Performance
  • Wake in Fright

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  • The French Connection

    ★★★★

  • The Great Beauty

    ★★★½

  • 20 Days in Mariupol

    ★★★★

  • Black Girl

    ★★½

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  • Amores Perros

    Amores Perros

    ★★★★½

    Like Pulp Fiction, Amores Perros uses a nonlinear narrative structure, intertwining multiple stories connected by a single event, in this case a car crash rather than a briefcase. Both films explore themes of violence, fate, and moral ambiguity.

    However, Amores Perros is more grounded, brutal, and emotionally intense. While Pulp Fiction has a stylized, often darkly comedic tone, Amores Perros feels raw and unflinching. Its portrayal of urban poverty, social divides, and fractured relationships carries a stronger sense of realism…

  • The Tragedy of Man

    The Tragedy of Man

    ★★★★★

    I rarely leave a review for a movie but this one more than warrants one. "The Tragedy of Man" is both, the most technically impressive animated movie and most deeply philosophical movie I've ever seen. The Tragedy of Man is an ambitious work which is an enormous in its profundity, themes and length.

    Movies like "Everything Everywhere all at once" recieve heaps of praise (and the best picture award) when it released. This was partly due to the themes it…

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  • Y Tu Mamá También

    Y Tu Mamá También

    ★★★★

    I find it funny how the producers of Harry Potter saw a movie like this and decided to ask Cuaron to direct the next Harry Potter, despite the fact he had never read the books. Going from a Mexican road-trip movie filled with sex to a children's fantasy book adaptation. And as crazy as that sounds, it was the best decision the producers ever made

  • Synecdoche, New York

    Synecdoche, New York

    ★½

    Wtf is this 💩
    One of the worst things I've watched this year

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  • Memoir of a Snail

    Memoir of a Snail

    ★★★★½

    Beautiful.

    An ode to the quiet revolution of reclaiming your own freedom. We may not live in a prison, but we can end up building our own ones as comforting resorts from depression. These may seem like escapes from the misery of life sometimes but they end up holding us back- holding us back from what could've been, in a world of endless possibilities. To realise this and take control of your own destiny enables us to feel happy and…

  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★

    Pretty good, but not a masterpiece.

    As people have rightly pointed out, the first act was on its way to greatness... and then after the intermission, all hope of that evaporates. That second half might've very well made it fumble the best picture. You'll never expect the direction it takes it in and I'm not sure it was ultimately the right choice. Corbett could've made the same comments on capitalism and the American dream he wanted to with a different…