Congrats Diana and Charles, many happy returns!
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The New World 2005
Watched the extended cut, thought it fumbled a little in the final thirty minutes but after sleeping on it I've changed my mind. My favourite Malick, which says a lot. An exercise in myth making where the insidious reality is always just under the surface.
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All That Jazz 1979
Petition for Letterboxd to change the stars for this film to balloons. We know they have the technology
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Pather Panchali 1955
Gorgeous, gorgeous film. So glad I put off watching these films for so long cause now I get to see them all for the first time at the BFI.
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Lux Æterna 2019
Was at a Vortex Q&A a few weeks ago and Noe described the shoot of this film as a mess and the use of split screen as a means to an end in order to salvage the edit. It’s amazing how well it works even if it’s hard to say the film has much of a narrative through line. My levels of anxiety were sky high throughout and the final 10 minutes are transcendental on a big screen.
Massive envy…
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Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
For the last few months I feel like I’ve been trying to convince myself I still like cinema post Covid. This film showed me I still love cinema