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Pain is temporary, cinema is forever.

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1986

★★★★★ 1

I went to the cinematheque for the first time today and it was a religious experience for me. my very own pilgrimage to Mecca. Every film fan should go at least once in their life. But also they should go as many times as they can. Welcome home. (yes i know it’s in a different location now but we’ll pretend it’s the same one. THE STAIRS ARE STILL NICE OKAY)

2021

★★★★★ Liked Watched 11 Jun 2021

There's nothing like a movie musical.

In the Heights already meant so much to me personally, that it's hard to speak about this objectively. In The Heights (The Broadway Show) is one of the most foundational texts in my life philosophy, so it makes me so happy that In the Heights the film lived up to my expectations. I found it overwhelming to hear the songs that had been following me for years and see them performed on the biggest…

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1994

★★★½ Watched 21 May 2025

Amazing kirsten dunst, historic low for tom cruise

1999

★★★★½ Liked Watched 20 May 2025

catherine breillat is a singular genius and always has been

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1975

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My mom was watching this like it was the super bowl.

2023

★★★ 1

As much as I love Talia Ryder the film could not be saved. An obnoxious, narcissistic film about an obnoxious and narcissistic generation growing up in an obnoxious and narcissistic country. Very loud but with nothing to say. The art of our generation can’t just be noise.