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  The House That Jack Built 2018

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2023

  I have to admit that I love Lars Von Trier, but not always his movies themselves if that makes sense, though The House That Jack Built is high up in my top 100 easily. He is easily one of the most divisive contemporary directors, and this movie garnered a lot of controversy when it came out. Both naysayers and fans alike can be incredibly annoying to boot, and I think that this movie depicts his frustrations with viewers well, which…

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  X 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 20 Oct 2022

  I love Ti West, The House Of The Devil is one of my favorite horror movies of all time, so seeing Ti West being one of the big names leading this retro horror exploitation further on ahead is great.
  This attempt is certainly not without its faults, but exactly because it has so many faults caused by attempting to do something special and trying to find out how it might work, and missing the mark several times, makes it an…

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  Hail, Sarajevo 1993

  ★★★★★ Watched 04 May 2018

  [Fourth watch]

  Je Vous Salue, Sarajevo, or I Salute/Welcome You, Sarajevo is Godard's poetic take on the Balkan war, set to nothing but the haunting picture of a member of the Arkan Tigers kicking a Bosnian civilian, photographed by Ron Haviv in Bijeljina.
  The place where paramilitary forces acted out acts of murder, rape, and theft, mostly on the Muslim population, but also on the Serbians that were seen as traitors.

  Godard doesn't focus on any part of the war…

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  Hannah Gadsby: Nanette 2018

  ★½ Watched 02 Oct 2018 1

  Nanette is not a comedy, because our comedian would rather spend her show shouting political points in her native tongue with occasional self-importance, making our audience laugh because they got their political views confirmed. For anyone outside of her political tribe (or anyone with half a brain) this is almost entirely unwatchable. If modern comedy is now reinvented to be this much of a political rally, don't sign me up for seconds because someone sucked the fun out of comedy.…