Twenty5

Twenty5

Favorite films

  • Whiplash
  • Oldboy
  • Aftersun
  • Perfect Days

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

  • Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

    ★★★½

  • A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

    ★★★★

  • No Other Land

    ★★★

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  • Aftersun

    Aftersun

    ★★★★★

    The biggest part of the story of this movie happens after the last scene. It is only implied what is going to happen. As we the viewer find ourselves in the same position as the protagonist who watches these homevideos. We too want to know why everything happened. 
    Aftersun achieves something that sounds impossible at first. It is a perfect movie while having no story (on the surface). Charlotte Wels focuses solely on the dialogue to tell her story and…

  • A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

    A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

    ★★★★

    Shunji Iwai is a very difficult director for me. Usually I tend to either know how a story will evolve or be pleasently suprised by a different approach from a director. With his movies however I almost feel irritated by the way his stories progresses. Of course that would make his movies terrible if this wasnt definitely his intention. I think this approach works best in A Bride for Rip Van Winkle, a movie so obviously and yet subtly about…