vanessa

70s movies enthusiast, filmography completist, collector, obsessive list maker, Huppert fan.

Favorite films

  • The Color of Pomegranates
  • Possibly in Michigan
  • The Ascent
  • Cries and Whispers

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  • Ghost of Love

    ★★★

  • B.A.P.S.

    ★★★

  • Easy Living

    ★★★½

  • Max

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  • Titanic

    Titanic

    ★★★★★

    Titanic has always held a special place in my heart and of all my favourite movies it's the one I've had the longest history with. The first time I watched the movie, or rather parts of it, must have been in the early 2000s when I visited some relatives for Christmas and my cousin and I got bored and when we turned on the TV the ship just started to sink, which was pretty scary back then. A few years…

  • Stoker

    Stoker

    ★★★★★

    When it comes to Stoker there's a lot to talk about and to analyse, be it in relation to Park's other movies or on its own but ultimately that one thing that stood out for me the most – what makes it so special for me – among the many things I like about the movie is the piano scene. While rewatching Stoker I wonder every time if the scene is really as intense as I remember it to be…

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  • Zorn I (2010 – 2016)

    Zorn I (2010 – 2016)

    ★★★★★

    I can’t believe that a bunch of movies about some guy I was vaguely familiar with, that I only watched because I had already taken the week off for the festival and the rest of the program wasn’t that exciting, had such a big impact on me that now – more than 2 months later – I would go as far as to say they’re probably the most impactful pieces of media I watched all year. But here we are…

  • Poet

    Poet

    ★★★½

    Nothing like watching a movie simply because I haven't watched something from that country in a while and ending up loving it way more than I expected. Love the way it deals with the gradual loss of language and poetry; the hardships of being a poet in a world where no one cares about poetry anymore and the importance of the few people left who do care, be it by being the only one to show up to a reading…

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  • Suicide Squad

    Suicide Squad

    Isabelle Huppert did not come all the way from France to see Suicide Squad win an Oscar.

  • TRON: Legacy

    TRON: Legacy

    ★★★½

    I can't believe Disney spent 170 million $ on a Daft Punk video.