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  The 400 Blows 1959

  ★★★★★ Rewatched by gideonl 24 Sep 2022 2

  Disappointed to not see a trailer for the upcoming Isabelle Huppert retrospective. No complaints otherwise, the film is flawless, so funny, so sweet.

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  King Lear 1970

  ★★★★ Watched by gideonl 22 Sep 2022

  The original Shostakovich score would make a stone cry.

Popular reviews

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  Norte: The End of History 2013

  ★★★★ Watched by gideonl 05 Nov 2020 2

  men should not be allowed to read philosophy 😳

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  La Notte 1961

  ★★★★★ Watched by gideonl 25 May 2020 2

  Absolutely blown away. Shot for shot most beautiful movie I’ve seen either point blank or since Satantango. Better than L’av and Blow-Up I think. 

  I know I am big pretentious jerk for liking “slow cinema” and I apologize ... it’s an irrational thing to like. I’ve been reading the Schrader book “Transcendental Style in Cinema” (as per being a big pretentious jerk) and I think it is really is this like irrational Dionysian dreamlike thing to enjoy these movies in…