Letterboxd 5019o Ben Bartley https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/ Letterboxd - Ben Bartley Harakiri 3d122m 1962 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/harakiri/ letterboxd-review-900098000 Wed, 28 May 2025 07:16:32 +1200 2025-05-27 No Harakiri 1962 2.5 14537 <![CDATA[

4v291o

Either I missed something incredible or it’s just not that good… Kinda pissed that I wasted my time watching this icl

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I'm Still Here p5u5c 2024 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/im-still-here-2024/ letterboxd-watch-892787174 Tue, 20 May 2025 08:59:09 +1200 2025-05-19 No I'm Still Here 2024 4.5 1000837 <![CDATA[

Watched on Monday May 19, 2025.

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Malcolm X 40e1n 1992 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/malcolm-x-1992/ letterboxd-review-889367748 Fri, 16 May 2025 14:55:08 +1200 2025-05-15 No Malcolm X 1992 3.5 1883 <![CDATA[

If you truly want to learn about Malcolm just read his biography

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Conclave 1l6f3b 2024 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/conclave/1/ letterboxd-review-883868324 Sat, 10 May 2025 02:24:58 +1200 2025-05-09 Yes Conclave 2024 4.5 974576 <![CDATA[

W Pope

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Coherence h2t6p 2013 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/coherence/ letterboxd-watch-875202947 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:03:32 +1200 2025-04-29 No Coherence 2013 2.5 220289 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday April 29, 2025.

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Fantastic Mr. Fox 4c3u68 2009 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/fantastic-mr-fox/ letterboxd-watch-874151450 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:11:16 +1200 2025-04-27 No Fantastic Mr. Fox 2009 4.0 10315 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday April 27, 2025.

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Dìdi (弟弟) 1j6b2d 2024 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/didi-2024/ letterboxd-watch-861986662 Tue, 15 Apr 2025 01:03:28 +1200 2025-04-14 No Dìdi (弟弟) 2024 4.0 1158915 <![CDATA[

Watched on Monday April 14, 2025.

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Before Sunrise 6x4y6c 1995 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/before-sunrise/ letterboxd-review-858629799 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:08:59 +1200 2025-04-10 No Before Sunrise 1995 4.5 76 <![CDATA[

100th

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Léon 6f4e44 The Professional, 1994 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/leon-the-professional/ letterboxd-review-856819935 Tue, 8 Apr 2025 14:07:01 +1200 2025-04-07 No Léon: The Professional 1994 3.0 101 <![CDATA[

I wonder what Jean Reno’s son is like

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A Five Star Life 41t4g 2013 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/a-five-star-life/ letterboxd-review-851066492 Tue, 1 Apr 2025 15:51:44 +1300 2025-03-31 No A Five Star Life 2013 3.0 184992 <![CDATA[

l’Europa è così bella

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Unforgiven 2c4m6 1992 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/unforgiven/ letterboxd-watch-849176994 Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:02:26 +1300 2025-03-29 No Unforgiven 1992 4.5 33 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday March 29, 2025.

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No Country for Old Men 1z2i1q 2007 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/no-country-for-old-men/ letterboxd-watch-846980546 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 02:22:05 +1300 2025-03-27 No No Country for Old Men 2007 4.0 6977 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday March 27, 2025.

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Fight Club 696u1s 1999 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/fight-club/ letterboxd-watch-846045072 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:17:09 +1300 2025-03-25 No Fight Club 1999 3.5 550 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday March 25, 2025.

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1917 3e6c3u 2019 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/1917/ letterboxd-watch-844481127 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:55:47 +1300 2025-03-23 No 1917 2019 3.5 530915 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday March 23, 2025.

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Memories of Murder 492u3x 2003 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/memories-of-murder/ letterboxd-watch-843765326 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 05:04:03 +1300 2025-03-23 No Memories of Murder 2003 4.5 11423 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday March 23, 2025.

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The 40 Year Old Virgin b5b1r 2005 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/the-40-year-old-virgin/ letterboxd-watch-835713609 Sat, 15 Mar 2025 02:49:06 +1300 2025-03-14 No The 40 Year Old Virgin 2005 2.5 6957 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday March 14, 2025.

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Parasite 4w55i 2019 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/parasite-2019/1/ letterboxd-watch-832075536 Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:46:24 +1300 2025-03-09 Yes Parasite 2019 5.0 496243 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday March 9, 2025.

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Mickey 17 296tq 2025 - ★★★★ (contains spoilers) https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/mickey-17/ letterboxd-review-830698299 Sun, 9 Mar 2025 12:23:23 +1300 2025-03-08 No Mickey 17 2025 4.0 696506 <![CDATA[

This review may contain spoilers.

The prestige reference?

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Heat 2l5d2z 1995 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/heat-1995/ letterboxd-review-830297861 Sun, 9 Mar 2025 05:49:35 +1300 2025-03-08 No Heat 1995 949 <![CDATA[

Need to rewatch

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A Complete Unknown 5y6t4 2024 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/a-complete-unknown/ letterboxd-watch-829785895 Sat, 8 Mar 2025 15:37:50 +1300 2025-03-07 No A Complete Unknown 2024 4.0 661539 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday March 7, 2025.

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Minority Report i503x 2002 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/minority-report/ letterboxd-watch-828962792 Fri, 7 Mar 2025 17:21:36 +1300 2025-03-06 No Minority Report 2002 3.5 180 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday March 6, 2025.

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Flow 1c6h3c 2024 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/flow-2024/ letterboxd-watch-827986536 Thu, 6 Mar 2025 14:17:46 +1300 2025-03-05 No Flow 2024 4.0 823219 <![CDATA[

Watched on Wednesday March 5, 2025.

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Anora 2j2b4m 2024 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/anora/ letterboxd-review-827836207 Thu, 6 Mar 2025 11:09:51 +1300 2025-03-05 No Anora 2024 3.0 1064213 <![CDATA[

Fuck Sean Baker

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Oldboy 5u1o2c 2003 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/oldboy/ letterboxd-watch-813934174 Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:22:05 +1300 2025-02-18 No Oldboy 2003 3.0 670 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday February 18, 2025.

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About Time 2j62q 2013 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/about-time/ letterboxd-review-813093843 Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:55:51 +1300 2025-02-17 No About Time 2013 4.5 122906 <![CDATA[

Life is so beautiful. Enjoy every fucking second of it.

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Ratatouille 3m31q 2007 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/ratatouille/ letterboxd-review-811825148 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 11:28:26 +1300 2025-02-16 No Ratatouille 2007 5.0 2062 <![CDATA[

Perfection

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The Menu 2d6sa 2022 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/the-menu-2022/ letterboxd-watch-803745421 Sun, 9 Feb 2025 08:25:21 +1300 2025-02-08 No The Menu 2022 2.5 593643 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday February 8, 2025.

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Whiplash 4y2z3j 2014 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/whiplash-2014/1/ letterboxd-watch-799937599 Wed, 5 Feb 2025 03:25:39 +1300 2025-02-04 Yes Whiplash 2014 5.0 244786 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday February 4, 2025.

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The Godfather s724w 1972 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/the-godfather/ letterboxd-watch-799162658 Tue, 4 Feb 2025 07:54:33 +1300 2025-02-03 No The Godfather 1972 4.5 238 <![CDATA[

Watched on Monday February 3, 2025.

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The Last Black Man in San Francisco 734zo 2019 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/the-last-black-man-in-san-francisco/ letterboxd-watch-797898538 Mon, 3 Feb 2025 05:50:45 +1300 2025-02-02 No The Last Black Man in San Francisco 2019 4.5 522039 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday February 2, 2025.

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The Dark Knight 1wp6i 2008 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/the-dark-knight/ letterboxd-watch-796958686 Sun, 2 Feb 2025 11:09:55 +1300 2025-02-01 No The Dark Knight 2008 4.0 155 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday February 1, 2025.

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The Notebook 33263e 2004 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/the-notebook/ letterboxd-review-794196466 Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:46:16 +1300 2025-01-29 No The Notebook 2004 3.5 11036 <![CDATA[

Need to rewatch

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Batman Begins 4315k 2005 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/batman-begins/ letterboxd-watch-788738252 Sun, 26 Jan 2025 04:06:38 +1300 2025-01-25 No Batman Begins 2005 4.0 272 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday January 25, 2025.

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Minari 1xd13 2020 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/minari/ letterboxd-watch-788177772 Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:34:19 +1300 2025-01-24 No Minari 2020 4.0 615643 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday January 24, 2025.

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The Brutalist d6e2s 2024 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/the-brutalist/ letterboxd-watch-783637351 Tue, 21 Jan 2025 08:28:06 +1300 2025-01-20 No The Brutalist 2024 4.0 549509 <![CDATA[

Watched on Monday January 20, 2025.

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Selma 4q4h4k 2014 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/selma/ letterboxd-review-782495846 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 10:21:04 +1300 2025-01-19 No Selma 2014 4.5 273895 <![CDATA[

Some of the greatest oration ever

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Dead Poets Society 53208 1989 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/dead-poets-society/ letterboxd-watch-779931520 Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:36:57 +1300 2025-01-17 No Dead Poets Society 1989 5.0 207 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday January 17, 2025.

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Enemy 605b39 2013 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/enemy/ letterboxd-watch-777527893 Thu, 16 Jan 2025 03:37:23 +1300 2025-01-15 No Enemy 2013 3.5 181886 <![CDATA[

Watched on Wednesday January 15, 2025.

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Dunkirk 4x3a1q 2017 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/dunkirk-2017/ letterboxd-review-775913469 Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:56:52 +1300 2025-01-13 No Dunkirk 2017 5.0 374720 <![CDATA[

War is hell

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Interstellar 2v6gk 2014 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/interstellar/1/ letterboxd-watch-773727130 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 03:24:37 +1300 2024-12-17 Yes Interstellar 2014 4.5 157336 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday December 17, 2024.

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The Battle of Algiers 1b5c2s 1966 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/the-battle-of-algiers/ letterboxd-review-773666262 Mon, 13 Jan 2025 02:07:42 +1300 2025-01-12 No The Battle of Algiers 1966 4.5 17295 <![CDATA[

Seeing as this film was made for an Algerian audience I think there are some important things to understand.

In 1830, the French began their 132 year colonization campaign of Algeria. This campaign was incredibly violent. In an attempt to maintain their holdings in Algeria the French resorted to concentration camps, mass killings, and the destroying of over 8000 villages. The final death total is between the hundreds of thousands and millions.

This film only documents the final few years of French colonial rule, this includes their waning of power and the increased power of the FLN (the National Liberation Front). This organization used mainly guerrilla warfare to force the French out of Algeria. For a Western audience this film may confirm beliefs that the use of violence is always and completely wrong, and the means employed by the FLN to overthrow the French were over the top. However, with the historical background of the colonial rule this idea doesn’t really hold true. 

This film shows the necessity for protest, be that violent or peaceful, as a means to enact change. It also emphasizes the need for political organization in liberation movements like the movement for Algerian Liberation. Some can take away with the belief that this violent opposition to French rule was wrong because peaceful protest could’ve garnered the attention of the international community (even if they tried and the UN did not do anything), but I don’t think this is the case. 

Sitting in South African prison, Nelson Mandela realized that if South African colonizers were going to employ violence and Apartheid to maintain colonization, that the only acceptable response that could truly enact change was a violent response. This same principle can be applied to Algeria and many other movements across the globe.

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La La Land 1a1w1x 2016 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/la-la-land/ letterboxd-watch-772989249 Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:12:26 +1300 2025-01-11 No La La Land 2016 3.5 313369 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday January 11, 2025.

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Prisoners 3tw 2013 - ★★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/prisoners/ letterboxd-watch-770894638 Sat, 11 Jan 2025 09:48:30 +1300 2025-01-10 No Prisoners 2013 4.5 146233 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday January 10, 2025.

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The Lighthouse 3z5qi 2019 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/the-lighthouse-2019/ letterboxd-watch-769503283 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:07:53 +1300 2025-01-09 No The Lighthouse 2019 2.5 503919 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday January 9, 2025.

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Stand by Me 6r5m26 1986 - ★★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/stand-by-me/ letterboxd-review-768032464 Thu, 9 Jan 2025 14:42:36 +1300 2025-01-08 No Stand by Me 1986 5.0 235 <![CDATA[

I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone.

This film is about growing up. I found it to be incredibly sad because I could just picture myself biking around with my friends, sitting around chatting shit, or running around the woods with my brothers. That time is now past and it’s the main thing I miss about being young. The film does such a good job of conveying emotions that aren’t even tied to the plot itself. 

The next thing I took away from this film was the crushing pain that losing a sibling and the only person who truly believed in you can be. It was compounded by the juxtaposition of how Lachance’s father treats his dreams, how Lachance himself treats his dreams, and how Lachance s Chambers. No kid deserves to be cast away and frowned upon by their own parents. Kids deserve to be kids.

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Baby Driver 1j5i4u 2017 - ★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/baby-driver/ letterboxd-watch-767778130 Thu, 9 Jan 2025 11:45:09 +1300 2025-01-08 No Baby Driver 2017 3.0 339403 <![CDATA[

Watched on Wednesday January 8, 2025.

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White Chicks 5k2e6f 2004 - ★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/white-chicks/1/ letterboxd-review-766883300 Wed, 8 Jan 2025 17:31:27 +1300 2025-01-07 No White Chicks 2004 2.5 12153 <![CDATA[

It was funny

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Insomnia 5g204i 2002 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/insomnia-2002/ letterboxd-watch-766748378 Wed, 8 Jan 2025 15:30:45 +1300 2025-01-07 No Insomnia 2002 4.0 320 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday January 7, 2025.

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Good Will Hunting 661z6n 1997 - ★★★★ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/good-will-hunting/1/ letterboxd-review-766442180 Wed, 8 Jan 2025 10:55:40 +1300 2025-01-07 No Good Will Hunting 1997 4.0 489 <![CDATA[

As a movie it doesn’t stack up with my other 4 stars imo but the ass hole Boston kids part made me feel right at home so it gets extra points for that

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GoodFellas 681h40 1990 - ★★★½ https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/film/goodfellas/ letterboxd-watch-766002819 Wed, 8 Jan 2025 02:41:49 +1300 2025-01-07 No GoodFellas 1990 3.5 769 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday January 7, 2025.

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Entire film rankings 262v18 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/benbartley1/list/entire-film-rankings/ letterboxd-list-56930865 Thu, 9 Jan 2025 04:23:33 +1300 <![CDATA[

...plus 93 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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