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  Living 2022

  ★★★★ Watched 24 Feb 2023 1

  I have a bone to pick with today's independent cinema. Nowadays, independent filmmaking feels like an industry. No matter how beautiful the cinematography, how good the performances, however well written, there's ultimately no personality behind the film. They're all just stories about the human condition pushed out by large corporations. That's not what independent cinema is. The films are directed by corporations, not artists. Shots are chosen without thought all because they look nice. Little details such as a character…

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  Close 2022

  ★★★½ Watched 19 Feb 2023

  I expected this to be one of the best of it's year and it's good but I really just felt disconnected throughout for whatever reason. Maybe because it's a step-back from the cinema of deep themes where every detail ties back to them that I've grown used to and admired over the past few months, and I just can't appreciate a emotionally charged story of friendship. But I just can't see many people applying this film to their lives as…

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  The Searchers 1956

  ★★★★★ Watched 25 Nov 2020 30

  If you think this is anti Native American propaganda you’re not a very intelligent person.

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  The Social Network 2010

  ★★½ Watched 24 Jun 2022 29

  Imagine thinking this has a better screenplay than Casablanca.