Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Alphaville 1965

  ★★★★½ Rewatched 04 Aug 2019

  35mm @ Munich

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  A Cop 1972

  ★★★ Watched 21 May 2019

  Institut lumière

Popular reviews

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  Happy as Lazzaro 2018

  ★★★★ Watched 05 Nov 2018 1

  After the screening, my friend said that she does not appreciate the ''transparency'' of Rohrwacher's film. Yes, transparency is the key word. It's always stunning to see how Rohrwacher transits the reality to the screen, as if the camera didn't exist on spot, and at the same time formulates her vision which is definitely a humanist one. The film is good enough to let us realise that what we see is one of best screenplays in these years. Yet the…

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  Happy End 2017

  ★★★½ Watched 08 Dec 2017

  Haneke masters the art of manipulating the anticipation of spectators. He just knows how to tell the story in a strange way, and I appreciate his choice to frame the film with iPhone images, which in turn prove so cinematic that they change the tone of the narrative and build another level of meaning. This technical attempt has its significance especially in terms of the existing family structure. Those gadgets really mediate our experience at crucial moments in life. There…