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Recent reviews

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  A Complete Unknown 2024

  ★★★ Watched 04 Mar 2025

  Went into this knowing nothing about Bob Dylan, now I know the man had poor hygiene

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  Paddington in Peru 2024

  ★★★ Watched 26 Feb 2025 1

  One need not a degree in German Idealism to recognise Hunter as the personification of the Hegelian spirit. Though, might I add, history did not end in the 18th century Prussian state: it did so the moment Paddington sat on the spikey red thing (that shit was funny asf).
  There is a plethora of possible analogies one might construct between Paddington in Peru (2025) and Also Sprach Zarathustra (1885). Unfortunately the most striking analogy is that this film too appears to have been written in a day or six.

Popular reviews

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  The Brutalist 2024

  Rewatched 05 Feb 2025 2

  A movie that only asks questions and gives no answers. Wittgenstein mentions (in a different context) that one either has an idea of the destination, but wonders "how are we going to get there", or an idea of the road, but wonders "where are we going". This movie often hints at either, but leaves you wondering about both when the credits are rolling. Whether this is unsatisfactory or genius is not clear to me.

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  Napoleon 2023

  ★★★ Watched 24 Nov 2023

  no themes or motives, no central story. It's literally the wikipedia page brought to life. The film's climax is way before the third act starts.
  But, it looks pretty and has its moments, I just wish it was about something.

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