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Thank You for Smoking 2005
Bloody brilliant. Crackling script, compelling characters. Dark, warm and fuzzy at the same time. Fight Club does black comedy.
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Let the Right One In 2008
This film is bloody fantastic… Gripping, perfectly paced, creepy as hell and with an interesting twist. The fact that it is in Swedish just makes it more compelling and eerie.
Watch. This. Film.
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Spirited Away 2002
This is no Hollywood fairy tale.
I admire John Lasseter for getting behind Studio Ghibli's output and not letting these films become Americanized. They are quirky and mysterious and beautiful, often equally grounded between European and Japanese folklore, stealing cultural elements from both.
Miyazaki has a number of tropes that he likes to lean on: physical changes, witchcraft, rain, umbrellas, warty grandmothers, transport and a theme of remembering who you are. These are all present in Spirited Away in abundance.…
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Winter's Bone 2010
Excellent drama. Tense, threatening and populated with a convincing cast. Winter's Bone tells the story of a teenager struggling to care for her family and finding her home under threat of repossession after her father skips bail.
Backed into a corner, she has no choice but to pursue the truth, whatever it might turn out to be.
