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CD Smiles rated Human. :II: Nature.

 Human. :II: Nature. 6/10

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January 28th Year: 2020 Genre: Symphonic Power Metal Pan

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January 28th Year: 2020 Genre: Heavy Metal Today Is The End

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January 26th Directed by: Alejandro Jodorowsky So this is one of those things that would usually set off my cynical white atheist senses, it seems like one of those faux spiritual healing medical mumbo jumbo deals that Gwyneth Paltrow would be all about trying on her Netflix show, but there is never a sense here that Jodorowsky is doing this for any other reason to help people, and nobody gets hurt doing it. There's such an array of people and issues that are faced, and you can't help but feel good about how beautifully simple and almost childlike Don Alejandro's solutions are. But again, even if you doubt that anything seen in here would effect a person's life significantly, there is no argument against the fact that they're all just good energy being put out into the world, or channeled into one person. I never got the sense that any of this was falsified, I never sensed anything nefarious, because there doesn't seem to be an agenda. I do sense that Jodorowsky, besides being an incredible visionary is extremely important to his community, and has changed many people's lives. MUBI.

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January 26th Directed by: Eric Rohmer Not many films have been able to make me feel the way this one has. Our protagonist seems to have a bit of a meltdown early on which leads to her making a foolhardy decision with the direction of her life that she has done absolutely nothing to ready herself for. You don't really realize the extent of the meltdown until it all crashes together. I'm making this sound very dramatic, but it's not like you're picturing, this is Eric Rohmer, he can't make things that aren't classy and beautiful. My point is, our main character becomes a petulant brat at times, doing things that are completely unappealing, but I at least was ready to forgive them all. You want to see her do better, not fail miserably. It's this kind of nuanced female voice that you can expect from Rohmer films, but is such a rarity anywhere else. Downloaded.

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 His Motorbike, Her Island 

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January 24th Directed by: Eric Rohmer Right from the first shot I was stunned, this entire film is shot on this quaint little sets that make absolutely no allusion that they're trying to not look like sets. I can't even begin to describe how this looks and how it makes this experience so unique, actors walking in circles so as not to walk directly off set, at one point a horse and rider just blip out of existence rather than ride into the distance. There are a few other little moments of visual flair that I don't want to spoil by directly explaining them. The story is all over the place, which adds to the bizarre ambiance, following Percival from seeing his first knight, thinking they were angels and that their chain mail was their skin to becoming a knight of the highest order. Oh, and then it ends with Jesus' crucifixion to really hammer the nail in of this feeling like a middle school play, and I love that. MUBI.

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January 23rd Directed by: Melvin Van Peebles This shit is so radical in both ways you could interpret that and absolutely insane. But that's not to say it's unintelligible, it's experimental and experiential, but I never felt lost in it. It's beyond being compared to a normal movie, I talked about Super Fly being shocking for the time, well this blows it out of the water for things never seen on film before but as I said they're not even in the same category. I can't imagine this got anywhere near a mainstream theater anyway. It can't be understated how much of a strange, unique independent film this is, funded, directed, starring the same dude just pouring whatever he was feeling into this work. It is absolute wild and not to be missed. Blu-Ray.

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January 23rd Directed by: Gordon Parks Jr. Does it have the attitude you want going into something that looks like this? No. Does it have fun dialogue, memorable moments, goofy fight scenes and cool characters? Still no. Even our lead's only defining feature is his hair, and that leaves every other character with less than that. Yes, the music is good, and I'd have to imagine a movie like this where the lead is not in any way a "good guy" and doesn't become one was pretty rare in 1972 but I'm struggling to think of anything else that makes this unique or even interesting. Downloaded.

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CD Smiles rated Black Rain

 Black Rain 5/10

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January 20th Year: 2010 Genre: Heavy Metal I Don't Wanna Stop

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 Paddle to the Sea 

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CD Smiles rated The Mourning Forest

 The Mourning Forest  6/10

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January 19th Directed by: Naomi Kawase Compelling from the first second, for the first six minutes, ending with the title screen it was like a Manhattan-esque world establishing short film. After that, I didn't really know what I was getting into, I've only seen one other of Kawase's films, Still the Water, and I don't know why I wasn't expecting the same vibe. This movie is very, very slow with not many actual major events taking place, and that results in everything that did happen being very memorable. Downloaded.

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January 19th Directed by: Naoko Ogigami Kamome Diner does things that in other movies, you could call boring, but here it's relaxing. It's very rare that a movie feels longer than it's runtime and it's a good thing. It felt like I spent the whole day in this world, and it was like therapy. The movie's presented in a very fun Hana and Alice-reminiscent vignette style, with delightful characters all growing and learning, but not necessarily completing a traditional character arc, because after all this is just a slice of their lives. If you know me, you know I love that, plus this is a food movie which is practically a free pass to my heart. Something needs to be said of the general ambiance and look of the film, I don't know what it is, just something must be said because it is special. It cannot be explained, you must experience this. Downloaded.

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January 18th Directed by: Takeshi Kitano The movie closest to Kitano's Famicom game where nothing really makes sense, and then it sort of starts to, and then stops again. It's so funny how one can be so self-absorbed and so self-deprecating, but I don't know if that's exactly what's intended to be the comedy. It's not super obvious to an outsider that this film has a message, if you know nothing of the man this total sporadically chuckle-worthy nonsense. Even myself, not exactly an expert on the personal life of Kitano Takeshi, I at least could understand SOMETHING was being said, but I had no real idea what. This is the perfect kind of movie to watch, read about while it's fresh in your mind, and then not watch again. It's interesting, I'm glad he was able to put out such a personal work but it's simply not interesting for anyone who isn't a big fan. Luckily, I am. Happy Birthday Kitano-san. Downloaded.

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