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Favorite films

  • Charisma
  • Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?
  • Secret Sunshine
  • The Moon Has Risen

All
  • Utamaro and His Five Women

    ★★★½

  • Outrage Coda

    ★★★½

  • Cure

    ★★★★★

  • Beyond Outrage

    ★★★★

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Beyond Outrage

2012

★★★★ Watched

I think being hit in the head by a pitching machine would produce better results than the Red Sox bullpen this season. 

Kitano articulated my feelings so well.

Soul Dancing

2004

Liked Watched

Didn’t have any shōchū today, but plenty of Sapporo at least. Think I’ll open a bottle tomorrow thanks to Kiyoshi 

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Perfect Days

2023

★★★★★ 12

Such a Perfect Day

I am only going to speak from the heart on this review and this may be the only time. Please forgive me if it just sounds like ramblings. 

We all have our own personal regrets in life, we never forget them. For me, I think about them often during my everyday routine. I get up in the same way, listen to the same music on the way to work, come home to watch a film, read…

Longlegs

2024

★★★ 7

Minimalist Horror but…

Longlegs is unique as a horror film, Perkins understands the material quite well to make a film that is genre defying… well sorta. Before jumping into this I gotta say the marketing team for Longlegs deserves an award, not sure about Perkins though.

Part One: The Beauty of Minimalism

The cinematography is lovely. It’s not groundbreaking, but Perkins utilizes aspects of minimalist cinema which I adore. The camera lingers, carefully follows, and cuts when it needs to.…