Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Two Kids a Day 2022

  ★★★ Watched 18 Nov 2023

  Important but didactic

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  Journey of No Return 1993

  Watched 17 Oct 2023

  Read about the film in Hamid Naficy's excellent book, "An Accented Cinema", watched on Another-Screen.

  A bit heavyhanded, but what it does and portray well, it does really well.

Popular reviews

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  Ran 1985

  ★★★★★ Watched 27 Jan 2014 12

  I find it the hardest to rate the 5 star films, especially when they are epics.

  It is much easier to rate films like Raging Bull simply because while there are a lot to praise, mostly the praise falls on the director, camera and acting.

  In films like Once Upon a Time in America and now Ran, the film has so much, especially when they are 2 1/2 hours or longer.

  Its a little funy that while so many of…

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  Casino 1995

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Feb 2014 16

  Martin Scorsese: Ranked

  I don't know anymore if my love for gangster/mob films is because I grew up on Scorsese, or I love Scorsese because I love gangster films.

  I think its the combination of them both.
  Casino is often regarded as too similar to "GoodFellas" , which is the equivalent of saying Star Wars is too similar to The Hidden Fortress.

  I love GoodFellas. It is a masterpiece that has Scorsese at top form written all over it.
  But…