Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Measure of a Man 2015

  ★★★★★ Watched 26 Feb 2025

  The original French title of this film, La loi du marché [The Law of the Market] conveys directly and brutally the theme it tackles, but with the English speaking world being full of capitalist pigs, we get this whitewashed title that nevertheless broaches the main subject: the value of people as political subjects under capitalism is zero unless they generate a profit for someone. An endless parade of humiliations endured just to get a job with shit pay where you are forced to become the lap dog of the hidden powers that make the money go round. Brilliant entry in the "Life is hell" canon.

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  La Haine 1995

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Feb 2025

  I cannot wait to use in my French course all the new words and expressions I've learned upon rewatching La haine: sucer de schtroumpfs, petit con, des keufs, nicque ta mère, fils de pute.

Popular reviews

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  Welcome, or No Trespassing 1964

  ★★★★½ Watched 27 Jan 2019 2

  The Soviets sent a man in space before the Americans, and made a Wes Anderson film before Wes Anderson.

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  Beau Travail 1999

  ★★★★★ Watched 09 May 2024

  The closest narrative film has ever come to pure cinema. Bodies in motion, synchronized, choreographed for a single purpose, the scorching heat felt through closeups on the human skin, the ever present threat of violence, the routine of work and the rhythm of the night. A mesmerizing work of art so beautiful yet so opaque that I am sure will come to haunt me many times from now on.