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Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

Watched on Friday May 2, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday April 22, 2025.

This really was a puzzle to figure out. While reading the synopsis I got the movie a little more, but they could’ve made it a little more clear with additional scenes or dialogue. Instead they leave the vagueness with the audience which just left me confused and questioning everything. Sure, the question “what is real?” was supposed to be asked, but not to the extent to which my friend and I were taking it. A complicated film does not make automatically make good one, yet I can’t deny the visuals, acting and some camera shots were incredible.

Watched on Saturday April 12, 2025.

Watched on Friday April 11, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday April 9, 2025.

Watched on Monday April 7, 2025.

Watched on Sunday April 6, 2025.

Visually stunning.

Watched on Friday March 21, 2025.

I am sure the whole thing was a bloody ordeal, but girl, Gibson, give us a break.

Watched on Tuesday March 18, 2025.

Watched on Saturday March 15, 2025.

Watched on Thursday March 13, 2025.

Watched on Sunday March 9, 2025.

Watched on Friday February 28, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday February 26, 2025.

It’s frightening how easy it can be to manipulate a person in need. When no reassurance can be found in common explanations, anything that makes even the tiniest bit of sense is enough to make us feel validated. The shame and self-hatred that accompany feeling like an outcast make us easy prey for vultures trying to make a quick buck out of our misfortune. They offer only empty promises, devoid of authenticity, which in the end leave us still alone and filled with self-hatred.

Better acting than the previous ones, but it did feel a bit rushed. Gory mess as per usual, and I’ll probably watch the next one.

Can we truly blame Guenevere for loving Lancelot? The real sin would be ignoring such beauty. Maybe Arthur should’ve acted upon it first.

(The contrast between the shining armour with fresh blood splattered on it was extremely beautiful to look at)

Watched on Tuesday February 11, 2025.

Watched on Saturday February 8, 2025.

Watched on Saturday February 1, 2025.

How about that, a feel good funeral movie. Such a refreshing and hopeful approach to death. Finding the beauty and humour in grieving while also being able to laugh about the ritualistic nature of it. It’s quite clear that life goes on while grieving is healthy and different for everyone.

Watched on Wednesday January 29, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday January 28, 2025.

Watched on Sunday January 26, 2025.

Watched on Saturday January 25, 2025.

Honestly scarier than I excepted using the documentary format. Very entertaining and not difficult to follow. A good flow of events.

Watched on Wednesday January 22, 2025.

Watched on Saturday January 18, 2025.

A film that contains a lot of themes that I love: death, self-control, and hope in helpless situations.

As usual, Almodóvar has impeccable cinematography and a clear appreciation for strong, smart women. But with that, his usual approach to dialogue is sometimes a bit too stereotypical. He wants to share something profound with the audience and makes sure to sometimes repeat it, as if he wanted to ensure we got it. Maybe he underestimates his audience’s intellect, or maybe it’s something more innocent. Yet he has a tendency to over-accentuate the already clear point he’s trying to make.

But Tilda’s and Julianne’s acting do make up for it ;)

Very cutesy film. Japanese loneliness mixed with Finnish culture but still quite wholesome.

Watched on Friday January 10, 2025.

The cinematography is something to ire. A smooth 60s dream full of love, violence and weirdly poetic conclusions on loyalty. Still confused though.

De metafoor politiek beest was voor mij eigenlijk de meeste cringe van alle gebruikte beeldspraak. Bartje is een poëtische dramaqueen en gedurende de film gebruikt hij veel betere en dramatische metaforen die relevanter zijn voor de docu. Misschien had Jambers beter niet het eerste en beste idee geselecteerd, en had hij moeten proberen wat meer diepgang en originaliteit te hebben voor een slimme en theatrale politicus als BDW. 

En hoe the fuck hebben ze dit gefilmd hahah, ik dacht dat het een kwaliteitsprobleem was van VTMgo maar neen.

I cackled every time I saw Antonio Banderas speaking English with his Spanish accent while playing an Arabian. This is so unserious.

Watched on Friday December 27, 2024.

The problem I think is that I really don’t like both the characters. It’s difficult to relate to a relationship that in reality, I would prefer to avoid. They have different priorities and existential questions that I seem to not relate to, although I’m also full of them.

Watched on Sunday December 15, 2024.

Watched on Sunday December 8, 2024.

The discussion about freedom and people’s obsession with the idea of freedom, yet their inability to handle it in reality, remains disappointingly relevant.

Watched on Saturday November 30, 2024.

Watched on Saturday November 23, 2024.

Watched on Sunday November 17, 2024.

When I started my reading journey, only recently, I read books by Stephen King, and Salem’s Lot was one of the first ones.

For me, there are several things wrong with this movie. The characters are bland caricatures, the dialogue is cringe-worthy and the story is rushed. But, for me most annoying of all, are these weird filters they used, making the whole movie look cheesy and corny, like a Hallmark movie. It’s supposed to be a horror movie, not some Christmas ad. Sure, teens can , but numbing down the fear factor is so unnecessary or just done poorly.

Second thing I would like to say is that the whole point of the book is that no one realizes something really sinister is going on until it’s too late. Humans bicker and are inefficient in times of crisis, failing to open their eyes when unexpected danger is right under their noses. Here, the audience is immediately aware of the vampires’ presence, making the whole thing predictable and pointless. Keeping the mystery alive a little longer might have made the whole thing more enjoyable.

I love how, in this one, the cynicism has moved from Jesse to Celine. They’ve exchanged roles, yet not fully. Life made her tougher to protect herself from feeling too much, while he softened himself and lowered some of his walls to feel more. In the end they are both still those needy little teenagers looking for some solace from someone who fully understands them.

Watched on Friday October 18, 2024.

Watched on Sunday November 10, 2024.

Movies that are (some of) my all-time faves and that I want my friends to watch, in no particular order at all.

• Carol
• Cure
• The Descent
• Death Becomes Her
• Downfall
• The Substance
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
• Angel's Egg
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Queen Margot

...plus 47 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Broken humans, lonely humans, seeking to connect, to love, to be loved, sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding…

• Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
• Amélie
• Sound of Metal
• Memories of Matsuko
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
• Midnight Mass
• All of Us Strangers
• Cure
• I Am Love
• Opening Night

...plus 41 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. All About My Mother
2. Volver
3. Bad Education
4. The Skin I Live In
5. The Room Next Door
6. The Human Voice
7. Talk to Her

• Cloud
• Noroi: The Curse
• The Funeral
• His Motorbike, Her Island
• The Eel
• Tokyo Drifter
• Death by Hanging
• The Crazy Family
• Monsters Club
• Kamome Diner

Original list: Criterion Challenge 2024

Progress: 52/52 [completed]

Categories:
1. Spine #351-450
2. Spine #601-700
3. Watch a film with a rating of 4.3 or higher 
4. First film in your watchlist
5. Most recently added film in your watchlist
6. Longest runtime in your watchlist
7. Most popular film in your watchlist
8. Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project
9. Criterion Staff Picks
10. New York Film Festival Favorites
11. Watch a film in the Saturday Matinee series "Observations on Film Art" 
12. First Films - watch a directorial debut
13. Virtually Reality
14. Random Number Generator (Google random number generator, set values from 1 to whatever number Criterion has listed last here. This number will change as more releases are announced so please keep up to date by using the link I have provided as I will not be updating each time Criterion makes announcements. Watch whatever movie corresponds to the spine number you are given.)
15. Technicolor
16. Women Auteurs
17. Criterion Sight and Sound
18. Dreaming of a Holiday Movie Marathon
19. Watch a Netflix Original released by Criterion
20. 100 Years of Olympic Films
21. LGBTQ+
22. Directed by Luis Buñuel
23. Directed by Mai Zetterling
24. Starring Liv Ullmann
25. Italian Neorealism
26. Hong Kong Cinema
27. Made in Brazil
28. Ari Aster’s Closet Picks 
29. Yo La Tengo’s Closet Picks
30. Charlie Day’s Closet Picks
31. Michael Shannon’s Closet Picks
32. Aubrey Plaza’s Top 10
33. Anthony Bourdain’s Top 10
34. Alan Arkin’s Top 10
35. Tunde Adebimpe’s Top 10
36. Genre: Made for TV
37. Genre: Family 
38. Genre: Animation
39. Genre: History
40. Guillermo del Toro’s Twitter Film recommendations
41. 1920s
42. 1930s
43. 1940s
44. 1950s
45. 1960s
46. 1970s
47. 1980s
48. 1990s
49. 2000s
50. 2010s
51. 2020s
52. Watch any Criterion film from your watchlist

1. The Spirit of the Beehive
2. The Devil's Backbone
3. Harakiri
4. Marriage Story
5. Breathless
6. Heaven's Gate
7. The Breakfast Club
8. Black Girl
9. The Bedroom Window
10. A Woman Under the Influence

...plus 42 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• 1001 Nights
• Neon Genesis Evangelion
• Macross Plus: The Movie
• Ergo Proxy
• Perfect Blue
• Patlabor 2: The Movie
• Princess Mononoke
• Akira
• Ponyo
• Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer

...plus 19 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Antichrist
• The Last House on the Left
• Immaculate
• Goodnight Mommy
• Stoker
• Longlegs
• Chime
• Martyrs
• It Follows
• Suspiria

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Cure
2. Pulse
3. Tokyo Sonata
4. Retribution
5. Serpent's Path
6. Eyes of the Spider
7. Charisma
8. Chime
9. Before We Vanish
10. Sweet Home

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Opening Night
2. A Woman Under the Influence
3. Love Streams
4. Gloria
5. Faces

1. The Favourite
2. Poor Things
3. The Lobster
4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
5. Dogtooth
6. Kinds of Kindness

• Over the Garden Wall
• Whiplash
• Black Swan
• Moonrise Kingdom
• The Wind Rises
• Sound of Metal
• Shame
• The Hunt
• Carol
• Her

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

These are the movies I watched with Isabelle Huppert ranked on plot.

1. The Piano Teacher
2. Amour
3. Elle
4. Story of Women
5. La Ceremonie
6. Happy End
7. Nightcap
8. Time of the Wolf
9. Heaven's Gate
10. Claire's Camera

...plus 8 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Angel's Egg
• Clue
• Fatal Attraction
• The Seventh Continent
• Blue Velvet
• Possession
• Kiki's Delivery Service
• Beetlejuice
• Dangerous Liaisons
• Gremlins

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Perfect Blue
2. Paprika
3. Tokyo Godfathers
4. Millennium Actress

• Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
• Cure
• Princess Mononoke
• The Matrix
• Perfect Blue
• Thelma & Louise
• Batman Returns
• Three Colours: Blue
• Funny Games
• The Celebration

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Autumn Sonata
2. Persona
3. Wild Strawberries
4. Cries and Whispers
5. Hour of the Wolf
6. The Seventh Seal

• Spirited Away
• Coraline
• In the Mood for Love
• Ponyo
• Julia
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• Paprika
• La Vie en Rose
• Pulse
• The Piano Teacher

...plus 17 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. In the Mood for Love
2. Chungking Express
3. Happy Together
4. Fallen Angels

The genius director I connect with the least.

1. Stalker
2. Solaris
3. Mirror

Films where I wrote a review that I’m a little proud of.

• Three Colours: Blue

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• August in the Water
• Mermaid Legend
• Pulse

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• Batman Returns

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• TÁR

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• Cure

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• Angel Dust

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• Memories of Matsuko
• Harakiri

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

1. Dune
2. Blade Runner 2049
3. Dune: Part Two
4. Arrival
5. Prisoners

1. August in the Water
2. Angel Dust
3. Labyrinth of Dreams
4. Tokyo Blood
5. Mirrored Mind

Original list: Japanuary challenge 2024 🇯🇵
Goal: 10 movies out of 10 different categories. 
Progress: 16/10

Categories:

1. Kiyoshi Kurosawa (5)

2. Takashi Miike (3)

3. Shinja Tsukamoto 🔴 (2)

4. Kenji Mizogushi 🔴

5. Gakuryū Ishii 🔴 (5)

6. Hideo Nakata (BC: J-horror)

7. Noako Ogigami 🔴 (BC: Woman director)

8. Tetsuya Nakashima 🔴 (BC: Third Window Films)

9. Masaki Kobayashi

10. Mamoru Oshii

11. Akira Kurosawa 🔴

12. Toshiharuz Ikeda 🔴 (BC: Ben’s recommendations)

13. Shingo Tamagawa 🔴, Toshio Matsumoto 🔴 (BC: short films) 

14. Hayao Miyazaki 

15. Hirokazu Kore-eda 

16. Makoto Shinkai (BC: Anime)

🔴: first time seeing anything from the director. 
(…): number of movies watched during Japanuary 2024 by the director.
BC: bonus category from Ben’s original list.

This list is not ranked, just rather a little color organised with my favourite posters. The ranking will be in the notes, shown by🥇🥈🥉 and movies I recommend are liked. For my reviews just click the tag 🤪 
Happy watching everyone!

• Tokyo Blood
• Your Name.
• Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
• Yuki's Sun
• Mermaid Legend
• August in the Water

  🥈

• Haze
• Eyes of the Spider

  
  

• Visitor Q
• Ugetsu

  🏅

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Audition
• 13 Assassins
• The Happiness of the Katakuris
• Gozu
• The Bird People in China
• Visitor Q
• Imprint

1. The Piano Teacher
2. Amélie
3. Amour
4. Three Colours: Blue
5. Story of Women
6. La Ceremonie
7. Elle
8. Caché
9. Portrait of a Lady on Fire
10. The City of Lost Children

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Good japanese horror & thrillers I enjoyed and recommend to friends and amateurs.

• Cure
• Kwaidan
• Retribution
• Onibaba
• Ring
• House
• Paprika
• Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
• Séance
• Ichi the Killer

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Hanneke’s films I’ve seen ranked on how much I enjoyed them, not by craftsmanship. (Harder than I thought, not really sure about it yet)

1. The Piano Teacher
2. The White Ribbon
3. Funny Games
4. The Seventh Continent
5. Benny's Video
6. Amour
7. Time of the Wolf
8. 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
9. Caché
10. Happy End

...plus 1 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

[complete]

1. Moonrise Kingdom
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel
5. The Darjeeling Limited
6. The French Dispatch
7. Isle of Dogs
8. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
9. Rushmore
10. Poison

...plus 5 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• The Great Beauty
• The Hand of God

I will try and rank them from best to worse. 
Sometimes these movies are part of a series. I keep them next to each other, even though they might have different ratings. You can always see how I rated them by clicking on the four stripes to your upper right.

• Angel's Egg

  HD

• Suspiria
• Inferno

  This is the second film of the trilogy and follows suspiria.

• Donnie Darko
• Fantastic Planet

  Very good quality

• Repulsion

  HD

• Belle de Jour
• Deep Red

  Very good quality

• Onibaba

  Very good quality

• Alice

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Italian horror/thriller/mystery at its best.

1. Deep Red
2. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
3. The Cat o' Nine Tails
4. The Psychic
5. Phenomena
6. Inferno
7. Opera
8. A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
9. The Mother of Tears