Every close-up of Ingrid Bergman is the most beautiful image ever put on celluloid. Every line is a classic. Bogart is pure movie star. Peter Lorre shows up for like 5 minutes. Claude Rains is the funniest man alive. Perfectly made movie. Michael Curtiz might not be an auteur but the man knows how to craft a picture!
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Evil Does Not Exist 2023
After working my way through Hamaguchi's other films (still missing happy hour and wheel of fortune and fantasy) I thought I knew what to expect going into this. Hamaguchi switches from his usual setting of cities and highways to a rural village. Brief glimpses of the city and highways are here, as are Hamaguchi's hallmarks. Slowly living with these people, learning their routines, long captivating discussions about where to put a sewage tank. That's all to be expected. However, Hamaguchi…
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Little Shop of Horrors 1986
Had never seen this before! Obviously I loved it. Was not expecting Audrey II to look and move so impressively.
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Perfect Days 2023
A life changing film, so much so that I'm not really even sure what to write. I love the way Wenders focuses on such little things in life and treats them as important as how dramatic turns in a "normal" script would be treated. I love how much we learn about Hirayama just by living with him for a few days, seeing the way he works, the small little joys he finds in a life that is so simple but…
