cynical cinephile

cynical cinephile

Favorite films

  • Chungking Express
  • The Devil Wears Prada
  • Howl's Moving Castle

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  • La Dolce Vita

    ★★★★

  • Paris, Texas

    ★★★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★

  • Fallen Angels

    ★★★★½

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  • La Dolce Vita

    La Dolce Vita

    ★★★★

    fellini is a genius. every time my life is becoming too hedonistic i want the main soundtrack to play.

    this film embodies the feeling of being drunk early in the day, walking out of a cinema when it’s still light out, or getting a bus back home on your own after a party. it’s a dry mouth, hand holding your head, mix of euphoria and cruel examination of your life. you get the feeling you’ve stayed at the party a little…

  • Paris, Texas

    Paris, Texas

    ★★★★★

    the first time I watched this film I felt like I was watching it in the wrong way, rooting for the wrong characters and waiting for something different to happen. i would have rated it 3/5* and forgotten about it. 

    thank god our local indie cinema showed it again. on my second viewing i was glued to the screen, and couldn’t believe how quickly the 2h30 runtime came and went. 

    i’ll think about this movie when i see a weathered…

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  • Little Women

    Little Women

    ½

    more like little bit boring

    Saoirse Ronan needs to fire her agent or something, her and Florence Pew are at the top of their game, but everyone else in this film sucks. 

    I thought it was two alternative timelines. I wish it was, and I wish I was in the timeline where I didn't watch this film. 

    Emma Watson should never be allowed to do an American accent again

    Timothee shit yet again. needs a year out and some acting lessons

  • Lost in Translation

    Lost in Translation

    ★★★★½

    well well well, i thought this was a love film about some old white guy hitting on a younger girl in japan and then i realised it wasn’t and i liked it and then i realised it actually WAS and i LOVED it. 

    hilarious, thoughtful, charming. are these people in love or just bored? are we meant to feel sympathy for these rich white people making fun of japanese people that dont love their spouses? 

    he’s kinda like her friend…

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