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velvet goldmine (1998) dir. todd haynes

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POETRY (2010) 시 dir. Lee Chang-dong

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To Shoot A Mad Dog: The Making of Mad Dog Morgan (1976)

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58. The Beast (Bertrand Bonello, 2024)

The death of cinema, of history, of love, beauty, nuance, understanding, and all the rest that makes life worth living. We’re all Lea Seydoux against the green screen, blind to the unreality the computer’s superimposing around us, clutching a knife and cowering in fear, helpless. Rating: 8.9/10

#The Beast #Bertrand Bonello #Mini Reviews #so eager to revisit

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57. Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003)

Marcia Gay Harden in this is Sisyphus, trying her damndest to lift this stinky hunk of shit up from the gutter through the sheer force of her performance and, of course, failing because it’s an impossible task. Rating: 1.0/10

#Mystic River #Clint Eastwood #Mini Reviews #What is there to say? #Laura Linney's final monologue in this is high camp but also truly insane??

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56. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Jim Jarmusch, 1999)

Sleek, meditative, visually and sonically immersive, and just straight up cool. Some typical Jarmusch-esque distractions peppered throughout, but that’s part of the charm. Wouldn’t work at all without Forest. Rating: 8.3/10

#Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai #Jim Jarmusch #Mini Reviews

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55. L.A. Confidential (Curtis Hanson, 1997)

Empty pastiche that isn’t even particularly effective at being that. Is this a critique of systemic corruption in the LAPD or does it just think that it’s cool? Was Kim Basinger in this movie? Rating: 5.5/10

#L.A. Confidential #Curtis Hanson #Mini Reviews #I technically did watch this when I was like 14 but it went in one ear out the other #I can see why

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54. Brief Encounter (David Lean, 1945)

Celia Johnson, founding foremother of the face journey. Rating: 8.7/10

#Brief Encounter #David Lean #Mini Reviews

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53. Stealing Beauty (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1996)

Masturbatory nonsense. Poop is fucking pumpkin!!!!!!!! Rating: 5.8/10

#Stealing Beauty #Bernardo Bertolucci #Mini Reviews #truly confounding

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52. This is Me…Now: A Love Story (Dave Meyers, 2024)

Terrible, but is somehow still more visually engaging than 99% of movie musicals made this millennium. Choreography genuinely great throughout. Rating: 4.4/10

#This is Me…Now: A Love Story #Dave Meyers #Mini Reviews