Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Just Walk Naked! 1999

  Watched 30 Dec 2020

  Reminded me a bit of Iosselliani's There once was a singing blackbird. Extremely charming and a real eye and ear for conversations between foolish men and far more mature women.

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  Yokohama BJ Blues 1981

  ★★★★½ Watched 19 Dec 2020

  Feels like a record you randomly put on late at night and it just makes the whole night perfect and memorable.

Popular reviews

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  Millennium Mambo 2001

  ★★★★★ Watched 24 Oct 2014

  The title suggests a dance and indeed Hou's film unravels much like one. Rather than adhering to chronology or traditional plot progression, Mill Mambo's scenes with their repetition and mirroring unfold like a series of graceful dance steps that collectively capture the frenzied ecstasy as well as the trembling uncertainty that marks the terminus of youth as well as the end of a century. This carefully choreographed structure is perfectly complemented by the techno score that runs throughout the film…

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  The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 2013

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Nov 2014 2

  maybe words will come to me later. for now, am still trying to put the pieces of my heart together. film of the year though.