Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  My Neighbors the Yamadas 1999

  ★★★★★ Watched 20 Oct 2024

  I loved this film. It reminded me of Perfect Days in the sense of seeing and feeling the every day life within the Japanese cultural context, in which by itself it’s already a culture that I personally like very much and feel drawn to for its tradition, gastronomy, language, arts and aesthetics, and you can really see all of that and more in this film. Aside from being Japanese based there are some universal themes throughout the different chapters of the…

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  Howl's Moving Castle 2004

  ★★★★½ Watched 25 Apr 2023

  This is my first review of a film and the film is the sixth one I’ve watched from the Ghibli studio.

  I found Howl’s moving castle both visually and musically an astonishing piece of art, with incredibly beautiful story presenting us a youthful love that, despite their appearances and situations, they’re able to overpass the difficulties because probably from the first time they met they already knew it was honest, trustworthy love.

  I also got the opportunity to watch it for the first time on the big screen and the experience was so amazing, immersive and hypnotic.