This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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The Banshees of Inisherin 2022
I'm not putting my donkey outside when I'm sad
Glad to be living during the Colin Farrell Renaissance
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The Forgotten 1959
I’ve never seen anything like Vittorio De Seta's documentaries. His films are simple enough, as they broadly follow the daily lives of Italian villagers in the 1950s. However, after multiple viewings of De Seta’s work, I find it clear that the Italian filmmaker is one of the best, among the very few, who can so effortlessly submerge their audience into the world they film. Each De Seta documentary, even though they all mostly take place within Sicily, feels like its…
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Comfort and Joy 1984
Forsyth perfectly captures the melancholic blues of Christmastime, plus Clare Grogan speaking Italian is always great
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The Signalman 1976
A personal favorite because it still manages to be haunting and effective time and again
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Italianamerican 1974
those two minutes at the end where she doesn't know the camera is still rolling are just perfect and it gets me every time
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Something Wild 1986
RIP Ray Liotta, very few could say that they held their own (if not outshined) against peak Pesci & De Niro.
Also, this movie fucking rocks and it's the most terrifying I've ever seen Liotta.
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The Beatles: Get Back 2021
“And now your hosts for this evening, The Bottles”
I had the most idiotic grin on my face for 8 straight hours
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