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January 11th Directed by: Woody Allen (This is going to sound very familiar) The first 4 minutes of Manhattan could be taken away and designated as it's own little short film and I would love that. I'd honestly recommend the movie just for that. The film appears in black and white like Woody Allen's character describes how he sees it in the opening, and there's something about New York in black and white that elevates it and makes it so charming. Otherwise, I'd say this is pretty standard Woody Allen fare, which is to say it's really good.

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January 10th Directed by: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger The first 10 - 15 minutes of this movie are so fucking fantastic, so epic in scope, unfortunately the film gets quite a bit less interesting visually and otherwise afterwards but c'mon, this is Powell and Pressburger, you know it still looked amazing. This film was definitely almost a favorite of mine, the story I think nowadays would be seen as "preachy", I would be guilty of this probably, but the message is so genuine and so lovely that I don't care if they hit me over the head with it.

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National Gallery

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January 9th Directed by: Kogonada I feel like I'm being especially critical of the film because I know Kogonada from videos he's made before, but honestly this whole thing is so predictable under that lens. The whole concept is so meta, the movie's about shapes so there's your license to put the shapes in the rectangular shape of the film. I mean, it looks nice, I don't love the editing, but that's because it's a film made in 2017 and this is how things are now. I was inspired to watch something new by what I said about Rome, Open City and I don't know if it's me who has the problem or if there's a legitimate lack of inspiration and creativity in the present. I'm blowing things out of proportion. The movie's alright. Certainly better than anything I'd make.

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Brigsby Bear

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Directed by: Roberto Rossellini

During the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.

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January 9th Directed by: Roberto Rossellini From Franco to Mussolini. From what I understand this film started the Italian Neo-Realism movement. Rome, Open City was filmed in secret from the National Fascist Party, using real environments and no sets at all, which is an incomprehensively stark difference from films of the time. This film is beautiful. It has such wonderful, deep characters and Anna Magnani is a treasure. Rome, Open City makes me hearken for a time when cinema was relevant to the culture and really mattered.

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CD Smiles rated Peppermint Frappe

Peppermint Frappe 7/10

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January 8th Directed by: Carlos Saura 1967. Francisco Franco's fascist regime is still ruling Spain and Spanish cinema reflects that. This film is also dedicated to Luis Buñuel who I am a lot more familiar with. What I'm saying is I don't honestly get what the film is going for, as I didn't with any of Buñuel's of the era. They're very similar and I love the tone and look of both, and that would be more than enough, but there's an intriguing story here reminiscent of Vertigo, and while I'm not sure what it really means, I know I enjoyed the ride. Spanish cinema is a bit of a blind spot for me, and I need to remedy that.

6 years, 3 months ago

CD Smiles rated The Cleansing

The Cleansing 7/10

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January 8th Year: 2008 Genre: Deathcore [youtube id=tpsNdqzIeDM] The Price of Beauty

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I'm probably not watching much this time. (99 movies items)

"reverse your numbers innit"

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CD Smiles added Edge of the City to wanted list

Edge of the City

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CD Smiles rated Wish Upon

Wish Upon 2/10

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January 5th Directed by: Ingmar Bergman 2nd Viewing Previous Rating: 3.5 After: 4

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January 5th Directed by: Ingmar Bergman 2nd Viewing Previous Rating: 2.5 After: 3.5

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January 5th Directed by: Hou Hsiao-hsien Typical of New Taiwan Cinema, and moreso of Hou himself, this film is a meandering, aimless venture designed to rebel against the Taiwanese cinema of the '70s. Of course, we're already 6 years into the '80s, so Hou had already established his style with The Boys from Fengkeui among others, but Dust in the Wind is a large step further in the same direction. We're shown the young people of a confused, faceless Taiwan struggling to find that identity that their elders have already given up on. They'll find much the same in the end, and I'll not find much of anything in this film. You can still have substance in a film like this, I've seen it many times, Dust in the Wind, without it's amazing visuals wouldn't have much else.

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