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Favorite films

  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Days of Heaven
  • In the Mood for Love

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  • The Chaser

    ★★★½

  • The Fire Within

  • The Narrow Margin

  • Red Desert

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Love in the Afternoon

1972

★★★★ Liked Watched

Chez Rohmer, l’amour se pense avant de se vivre, se formule avant de se consommer. Il s’y donne moins comme une étreinte que comme un dialogue, comme une tension permanente entre le désir et son ajournement. Dans L’Amour l’après-midi, dernier volet des Contes moraux, Rohmer poursuit son exploration de la psychologie masculine, encore au centre de ses préoccupations — la femme n’y est pas encore tout à fait héroïne, mais elle devient, déjà, une puissance agissante, dérangeante, irréductible à la…

Mulholland Drive

2001

★★★★½ Liked Watched

Watching Mulholland Drive was a fascinating experience. From the very beginning, I felt pulled into its strange, hypnotic rhythm — a world that felt both familiar and disorienting, where reality constantly shifted and nothing could be taken at face value. Rather than offering a clear, linear narrative, David Lynch crafts a dreamlike space where every detail feels symbolic, yet never fully explained. Characters transform, timelines blur, and meaning unfolds through emotion and atmosphere rather than logic. It’s a film that…

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Queer

2024

★★★★ Liked Watched

Very few films have resonated with me the way Queer did. I found myself reflecting on it for days after leaving the cinema. It is a complex love story and a deeply intimate and tender portrayal of what it means to feel like an outsider—the longing, the disconnection, and the search for belonging. 

At its core, Queer examines the nature of desire and its capacity to both connect and destroy. Lee’s obsessive pursuit of Eugene mirrors the internal struggle many…

In the Mood for Love

2000

★★★★★ Liked Watched

This was an unparalleled experience of cinematic art for me. In the Mood for Love was nothing short of mesmerizing—an exquisite blend of visual poetry, delicate emotion, and quiet longing. From the very first frame, it drew me into a world so perfectly crafted, so beautifully realized, that every moment felt timeless. This film isn’t just a love story; it’s an experience, a haunting reflection on what might have been, told with an elegance and restraint that leaves you both…

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