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Taipei Suicide Story 2020

★★★★★ Rewatched 18 Feb 2024 7

"Sure, but...I could have been more considerate....When you're selfish, you forget how to be human."
February 18th and this is my 7th time watching this in 2024 already and it still blows me away and continues to have such a strong emotional impact that I simply cannot shake, and truthfully don't want to. The incredible dialogue, the strong and subtle performances by Tender Huang and Sung Yuhua, and the deep understanding it has of it's subject matter have caused this…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019

★★★★★ Rewatched 14 Feb 2023 20

"In the solitude, I felt the liberty you speak of. But I also felt your absence."
Well it's been awhile and a lonely Valentine's Day feels like a good enough time to revisit one of my favorite films.
There is so much to say about this from performances, to the screenplay, cinematography, story, the relationship at the core of it, the female gaze, how it handles the question of consent, the presence of men feeling foreign and alien, and so…

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Anora 2024

★★★★★ Rewatched 03 Mar 2025 6

First review

I stand by what I said in my first review, "Pure fucking electricity". That's the best way I can describe this film, right from the beginning the energy and momentum of the film simply takes over and never lets go. From the editing to the soundtrack to the performances everything is simply exhilarating.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Sean Baker is the best contemporary American director we have working today. Between this, The Florida…
Wild at Heart 1990

★★★★★ Watched 02 Mar 2025 4

"This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top."
My final Lynch feature and maybe that and Lynch's passing made this inevitable, but my god did I love it. Nic Cage and Laura Dern have the chemistry and damn do they both give phenomenal performances. Their energy is infectious and plays so well against the rest of the film. Dafoe is equally at the top of his game makes the most of his screen time, memorable would be…

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The Menu 2022

★★★★ Watched 18 Nov 2022 12

That cheeseburger do be looking good though.
Past Lives 2023

★★★★★ Watched 30 Jun 2023 8

Not sure how to write a review about this. I've been dying to see it for months and I am so happy I was finally able to. I expected this film to completely destroy me, and in some ways it did, but there is an authenticity to this that made me appreciate it so much. There's no melodrama, nothing is exaggerated or played up to manipulate the audience emotionally. This is just a story about people, it's a look at…

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