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Favorite films

  • Who Am I
  • Manchester by the Sea
  • After Hours
  • Drive My Car

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★

  • Someone, Somewhere

    ★★★★

  • Companion

    ★½

  • We Live in Time

    ★★★½

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  • Watcher

    Watcher

    ★★½

    A watcher feature featuring the watcher. Would have been way better had they had the courage to end the movie on a more unconventional note instead of a blatantly obvious one.

  • Buzzheart

    Buzzheart

    ★★★★

    The greeks sure know how to make weird movies. Reminded me of the lobster and dogtooth, only much creepier. It plays out a bit like a horror movie, yet not quite, meaning that you are always second-guessing what is going to happen. A very funny yet simultaneously eerie movie that is executed masterfully.

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  • Sick of Myself

    Sick of Myself

    ★★★★

    Everyone is comparing this to "The Worst Person in the World", which is weird, as the only thing that these two have in common is the fact that both are norwegian. To me this seems more like a fucked up indie version of "Not Okay", as both paint a painfully real picture of modern day narcissicm and backwards values. While "Not Okay" stays a bit more on the safe side, "Sick of Myself" instead goes real deep and leaves you…

  • Okamoto

    Okamoto

    ★★★

    Really mixed feelings about this one. A very strong piece both visually and narratively, but the protagonist is mentally challenged in order to make the story function. When asked about this during q&a the director simply responded that the character came to him  as inspiration and didn’t give any further reasons. When I had a chance to ask him the same question in person, he again responded with some “it came to me in a dream” type shit. Maybe it…

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