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A bit misguided within Gaspar Noé's standards. Hits some notes right and others fall completely flat.

Of course, the guy had a poster of "Salò" in his bedroom.

I just did it for Saoirse Ronan.

Gargantuan, the colours are an appetizer for the eyes and the story is simply stupendous. Royalty mixed with religion mixed with enviromentalism mixed with war. It's more than fantasy or sci-fi, it's one of those "story of the stories" kind of thing. It feels like a novel we read in class. Of course, it's based on a timeless novel, however, how many of those timeless novel adaptations manage to achieve such heights? I can think of some which have, but many more who have failed short. Dennis Villeneuve's vision took flight and glad I am it has.

Watched on Wednesday May 28, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 26, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 26, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 26, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 26, 2025.

Maybe it's good and I just am not getting it.

Watched on Monday May 26, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 26, 2025.

Me at the beginning: "Why is Trump being portrayed in such a positive note?"
Me at the end: "Jesus Christ!!"

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

The funniest part is that I'm certain I saw vaporetto stations in some shots.

Watched on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 21, 2025.

The editing in this film is absolutely amazing. I found it to not have enough Tilda Swinton in it.

Watched on Monday May 19, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 19, 2025.

Jesus Christ, the tension I felt during the whole film. Initially viewing it mostly as a film about the process of the conclave, ended up having a film about doubt, pettiness, what truly makes a person a good person in the face of morally dubious decisions.

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 14, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 14, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 14, 2025.

Oh, what a lovely animate- ok my heart is broken and I won't recover from this.

Watched on Monday May 12, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 12, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 12, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 12, 2025.

My first thought: "Oh yeeeeah, they're british".
My second thought: "So this stuff might work in romantic films, but in real life? I think people would be scared".

Watched on Sunday May 11, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

Watched on Saturday May 10, 2025.

Watched on Thursday May 8, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 7, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 7, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 7, 2025.

I'm mostly definitely being unfair to the whole film, but I just couldn't with this Hellboy. Ron Perlman was too perfect of a protagonist and Guillermo del Toro was just brilliant when taking the helm of this project.

Watched on Wednesday May 7, 2025.

Watched on Wednesday May 7, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 6, 2025.

Watched on Tuesday May 6, 2025.

Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.

Personal Ranking of the philosophical, abstract and humanistic cinema of Terrence Malick.

1. The New World
2. Badlands
3. Days of Heaven
4. The Tree of Life
5. The Thin Red Line
6. A Hidden Life
7. Knight of Cups
8. Song to Song
9. Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
10. To the Wonder

Personal ranking of the meticulous, obsession-exploring and virtuoso cinema of Paul Thomas Anderson.

1. There Will Be Blood
2. Punch-Drunk Love
3. The Master
4. Phantom Thread
5. Inherent Vice
6. Boogie Nights
7. Licorice Pizza
8. Magnolia
9. Hard Eight
10. Anima

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Personal ranking of the symmetric, quirky and comically tragic cinema of Wes Amderson.

1. Rushmore
2. The Grand Budapest Hotel
3. Fantastic Mr. Fox
4. The Royal Tenenbaums
5. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
6. The French Dispatch
7. Isle of Dogs
8. Moonrise Kingdom
9. The Darjeeling Limited
10. Bottle Rocket

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Personal ranking of the wild, heavy dialogue filled and action-driven cinema of Quentin Tarantino.

1. Pulp Fiction
2. Inglourious Basterds
3. Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
6. Death Proof
7. Kill Bill: Vol. 2
8. Django Unchained
9. The Hateful Eight
10. Jackie Brown

Personal ranking of the dark, cold and technically precise cinema of David Fincher.

1. Fight Club
2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
3. The Social Network
4. Zodiac
5. Se7en
6. The Game
7. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
8. Mank
9. Gone Girl
10. Panic Room

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

Top 20 Personal Favourites from the 1960's.

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Persona
3. Andrei Rublev
4. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
5. 8½
6. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
7. The Apartment
8. La Dolce Vita
9. Once Upon a Time in the West
10. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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Personal ranking of the character-driven, precise, and thoughtful cinema of Sam Mendes. This list will be edited once I watch "Away We Go".

1. American Beauty
2. Road to Perdition
3. Jarhead
4. 1917
5. Skyfall
6. Revolutionary Road
7. Spectre

Personal ranking of the dark, playful and complex cinema of Bong Joon-Ho

1. Parasite
2. Memories of Murder
3. Mother
4. The Host
5. Snowpiercer
6. Barking Dogs Never Bite
7. Okja
8. Tokyo!

Top 20 Personal Favourites from the 1920's

1. Battleship Potemkin
2. The ion of Joan of Arc
3. Napoleon
4. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
5. The Kid
6. The Last Laugh
7. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
8. Greed
9. The Gold Rush
10. Metropolis

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

Top 20 Personal Favourites from the 1950's.

1. Tokyo Story
2. Seven Samurai
3. Wild Strawberries
4. Vertigo
5. Singin' in the Rain
6. Rashomon
7. The 400 Blows
8. The Night of the Hunter
9. The Searchers
10. Sunset Boulevard

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Personal ranking of the lonely, fascinating and melancholic cinema of Sofia Coppola.

1. Lost in Translation
2. Marie Antoinette
3. The Virgin Suicides
4. The Beguiled
5. On the Rocks
6. The Bling Ring

Personal ranking of the quiet, humorous and surprisingly complex cinema of Jacques Tati.

1. PlayTime
2. Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
3. Mon Oncle
4. Trafic
5. Jour de Fête
6. School for Postmen
7. Parade
8. Forza Bastia

Personal ranking of the diverse, exciting and guilt exploring cinema of Martin Scorsese. Still have a lot to watch from him. Don't mind the ratings, list may change as I rewatch his films.

1. Raging Bull
2. GoodFellas
3. Taxi Driver
4. The Age of Innocence
5. The Last Temptation of Christ
6. The King of Comedy
7. The Departed
8. Hugo
9. The Wolf of Wall Street
10. Silence

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Personal ranking of the reflective, poetic and slow cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky. Still haven't see "Voyage in Time". List may change as I rewatch his films.

1. Stalker
2. Andrei Rublev
3. Mirror
4. Solaris
5. Ivan's Childhood
6. The Sacrifice
7. Nostalgia
8. The Steamroller and the Violin
9. The Killers
10. There Will Be No Leave Today

Personal ranking of the cold, humanity-exploring and technically perfect cinema of Stanley Kubrick. List may change as I rewatch his films.

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Barry Lyndon
3. Eyes Wide Shut
4. The Shining
5. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
6. A Clockwork Orange
7. Paths of Glory
8. The Killing
9. Full Metal Jacket
10. Lolita

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Personal ranking of the provocative, unique and reflective cinema of Michael Haneke. Still have to watch the remake of "Funny Games".

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

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Top 20 Personal Favourites from the 1940's.

1. Citizen Kane
2. Casablanca
3. Bicycle Thieves
4. The Third Man
5. Children of Paradise
6. It's a Wonderful Life
7. Double Indemnity
8. The Red Shoes
9. The Maltese Falcon
10. Late Spring

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Top 20 Personal Favourites from the 1930's.

1. City Lights
2. M
3. Grand Illusion
4. Gone with the Wind
5. Duck Soup
6. L'Atalante
7. The Rules of the Game
8. Modern Times
9. L'Âge d'or
10. Bringing Up Baby

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Top 20 Personal Favourites from the 1880's (in construction)

1. Roundhay Garden Scene
2. Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge
3. Man Walking Around a Corner
4. Leisurely Pedestrians, Open Topped Buses and Hansom Cabs with Trotting Horses
5. L'Homme Machine
6. Accordion Player
7. Horse and Rider Jumping Over an Obstacle
8. Hyde Park Corner

Top 2 Favourite Pictures from the 1870's.

1. Sallie Gardner at a Gallop
2. age of Venus