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<< Favourite films are selected from recent first watches and will change constantly.

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Let the Beast Rise 2022

★★★½ Watched 01 Feb 2023

An ambiguous, tense and sensorial piece.
The return to primal instincts, the abandonment of reason, and the pursuit of survival.
Bye Bye 2021

★★★★ Watched 31 Jan 2023

Bittersweet tale about places and people that seem to remain suspended in time and the need to return to the roots and to the past to finally make amends and go on our way.

Eyes Wide Shut 1999

★★★★★ Rewatched 21 Jul 2017 13

I was 15 years old in 1999 and was eager to see Kubrick's last work, which was only my third from his filmography. My best friend and I went to one of those theatres that would allow us in regardless of the film's rating not knowing exactly what to expect. I left the theatre with the feeling that I've seen something that would completely change my appreciation of cinema. I remember been obsessed with this film, I even went to…
Pierrot le Fou 1965

★★★ Watched 30 Aug 2017 1

One of Godard's most celebrated films, Pierrot le Fou uses an unorthodox storytelling that I'm sure was daring, even groundbreaking, at the time of its release, and somehow echoes Belmondo's character urge for intellectual satisfaction. I understand that the fragmented and repetitive narrative or some of the editing choices are a manifesto against the formalism; that the dialogues are (or try to be) philosophical meditations about the disenchantment of modern life; or that the constant use of pop art elements,…