ucuruju

ucuruju

slowly migrating here in case my beloved icheckmovies ever goes down. most of the movies i'm logging these days i've already seen.

Favorite films

  • The Beast
  • Life Is Sweet
  • Scarlet Street
  • Vive L'Amour

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  • Chaos: The Manson Murders

    ★★

  • The Last Showgirl

    ★★

  • The Brutalist

    ★★½

  • Here

    ★★★½

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  • Chaos: The Manson Murders

    Chaos: The Manson Murders

    ★★

    presents it's nutcase conspiracy theories with all the coyness of an 1800s Southern debutante. probably because they make no sense at all? even Errol admits it onscreen.

  • The Last Showgirl

    The Last Showgirl

    ★★

    Sure, it’d be cool if Pamela Anderson had a Norma Desmond-type role and blew everybody’s tits off with her talent, but this film ain’t doing her any favors. Her performance is endearing, yes, yet also wildly uneven and bogged down by terrible writing. A lot of shots of her leaning on walls and windows and fences, smoking or just looking lost, instead of situations that actually bring complexity to the character. Or maybe the point is that she lacks complexity?…

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  • The Dreamers

    The Dreamers

    ★★★★

    "The street came flying into the room!" Isabelle screams and, just like the window, my love for this movie broke. I guess it's something of a strange triumph that Bertolucci makes the viewers so comfortable with Isa and Theo's world that, when we finally have to leave, something feels off. An ending is often what makes or breaks a picture and this one left me with a bad taste in my mouth. I was prepared to dismiss the entire film…

  • Woman Is the Future of Man

    Woman Is the Future of Man

    ★★★★

    One man's dignity is slowly chipped away during the course of two days of drinking. Hong Sang-soo knows that in life there's rarely a moment of clear realization, just an accumulation of events that make you hate yourself a little bit more every day. The male characters are both children, hiding deep insecurities underneath pseudo-intellectualism and academic prestige. "Believing in nothing is not something to be proud of," a young student says. "How else can you be happy?" asks the protagonist.

    There is truthness in this film. Nothing but well-composed (notice his use of visual rhythm) conversations. Rohmer would be proud.

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