Letterboxd — Your life in film

Reviews

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  Death and the Maiden 1994

  

  WraithApe ★★★ 2

  April 15 1977: Polanski goes on trial in California for statutory rape. April 15 1977: Paulina Lorca is abducted off the street and taken to a detention centre for 'interrogation'.…

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  The Band Wagon 1953

  

  Poppy ★★★★★

  The fact that my great-great grandfather played Jeffrey Cordova in this and also that I have a poster of this film in my room is really saying that I should’ve…

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  Lost Girls & Love Hotels 2020

  

  kevinyang ★½

  Someone save Alex Daddario from her career

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  The Song of Songs 1933

  

  Scott Kelly ★★★½

  I’m not sure if Rouben Mamoulian every got much real traction in auteurist circles but, to me, each of his first 8 films are well worth seeing – particularly the…

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  49th Parallel 1941

  

  StormofCuteness ★★★½

  I knew nothing about this except that it was early Archers and began with a number. I was thrilled when the titles told me it starred Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier,…

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  Umberto D. 1952

  

  CraigLumley ★★★★★

  Life is suffering, go play with your dog.

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  Wrestling 1961

  

  Derek Godin ★★★★ 2

  Turns out marks in the 60s were really out for blood. Throwing shit at heels and everything.

  Apparently the first version of this film was to focus on the fakery…

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  Holiday Affair 1949

  

  StormofCuteness ★★★½

  I'd never even heard of this film until today, and I'm delighted I found it on Amazon to stream because it was just the film we needed for Christmas.

  I…