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  The Story of Late Night 2021

  ★★★★ Watched by Thorkell August Ottarsson 24 Nov 2021

  I love late night TV. I watch more of late night shows than films or TV series, so this was something I knew I would love. It is very informantive, has many brilliant clips and good interviews but I was so disapointed by the fact that thy had nothing about Craig Ferguson, other than two 1 sec moments where they say that he was on air and that his show ended. If anyone deconstructed late night it was Craig Ferguson.…

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  Siberia 2020

  ★★★★½ Watched by Thorkell August Ottarsson 21 Nov 2021

  This reminded me a lot of Mirror by Tarkovsky. Loved it!

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  The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989

  ★★★★½ Rewatched by Thorkell August Ottarsson 08 Oct 2013 22

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  I just saw The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover again or as I would call it, The Church, The Devil, Mankind and Jesus Christ.

  There are probably many ways to look at and read The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover but one of the most obvious one has to be a religious interpretation.

  Through out the film a young boy with blond hair, who looks like a Cherub, sings verses from Psalm 51, where sins are…

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  A Streetcar Named Desire 1951

  ★★★★★ Rewatched by Thorkell August Ottarsson 19 May 2013 6

  I had forgotten how complex this film was. I saw it some 30 years ago and did not remember much from it. When watching it now I felt like I was left with more questions than answers.

  What I did get from the film is that it is about (among many things) the crashes of desires. Stella wants to please her husband and sister. Stanley wants to have respect and enjoy his life with his wife. Blanche wants to live…