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  Nosferatu 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 12 Mar 2025

  Absolute horror cinema! Don’t remember the last time I watched a gothic film which is as captivating as Nosferatu. It is a gothic revival ornamented with picturesque Victorian architecture accompanied by stunning cinematography and music.

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  Poor Things 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 09 Feb 2024

  Poor Things is both literally and metaphorically an experiment, and a good one. The film, in its own way, deconstructs and reconstructs the conventional Frankenstein story by not only incorporating feminist perspectives and gothic elements but also intermingling the traditional binary oppositions such as human/monster, man/woman, reason/unreason, and so on. Led by Emma Stone's stellar acting, Yorgos Lanthimos' great directing, the masterfully created character of Bella Baxter, and the mad scientist stereotype beautifully portrayed by Willem Defoe, the film subverts…

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  Dune: Part Two 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 11 Mar 2024

  Dune: Part Two is even better than the first film. I have not read the novels (shame on me but lots to read, so little time) but this is what a good adaptation looks like in cinema. The second film of the series being better than the first one is a rare occurrence. Brilliant cinematography, beautiful visuals, smooth editing, and fine acting by the entire cast. Contentwise, the film does not offer anything new to those who are familiar with…

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  Saltburn 2023

  ★★★★½ Watched 25 Jan 2024

  Saltburn is that uncanny film that you enjoy watching but cannot admit out loud that you’ve actually enjoyed it. Several disturbing scenes in the film perfectly symbolise Freud’s uncanny and the reference to Shelley and Romantic literature corresponds to the film’s overall incorporation of the gothic elements. Oliver’s vampire allusion is too on the nose nevertheless functions as foreshadowing and it does not feel out of place as far as the film’s atmosphere is concerned. Duncan works as a stereotyped…

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