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Reviews

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  The Devil and Daniel Johnston 2005

  

  Jon ★★★★½

  "It's funny, but it's true
  And it's true, but it's not funny"

  In The Devil and Daniel Johnston, there's an striking lack of voice-over, there's no narrator. The archival images…

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  Phantom Thread 2017

  

  Alfie Amaya ★★★★★

  I can't even stress the amount of joy PTA's films give me.

  Just perfect, perfect in every way. I agree that whoever invented the word chic should be spanked in…

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  The Celebration 1998

  

  Aaron Michael ★★★★

  An obvious contemporary of Lars Von Trier. An emotionally volatile and brutal film that doesn't let up for a single second from beginning to end. The way the director is…

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  Lost Highway 1997

  

  Mtume ★★★★½

  The 4K restoration is incredible. So good seeing this movie in theaters since the when I first saw it back when it came out. This movie is built for theatres. …

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  Coonskin 1975

  

  Darren Carver-Balsiger ★★★★ 9

  Coonskin may be transgressive, but it is actually brilliant and genuinely artistic. Coonskin subverts terrible iconography to celebrate and exaggerate black culture. It is a provocative satire on society, and…

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  Prisoners 2013

  

  Saul Thomas Anderson ★★★★½

  A great movie if you want to see Paul Dano get fucking obliterated, Hugh Jackman shout a lot and Jake Gyllenhaal aggressively blink  for 2 hours 33 minutes

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  Kagemusha 1980

  

  CinemaCl🎃wn ★★★½

  A rigorously crafted & intimately narrated feudal epic that's truly ambitious in scope, Kagemusha is memorable for its striking use of colours, era-appropriate set pieces & large-scale battle formations and also benefits…

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  Love, Death & Robots: Jibaro 2022

  

  Wesley R. Ball ★★★★★

  you cannot convince me that this was animated. we’ve achieved a peak perfection of photorealism here, live action is no longer necessary.