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The best movies I watched in 2021

This was the first full year where I had access to some kind of streaming service for all of it. As a result, I watched a lot of movies this year, but in a lot more mainstream fashion than previously. … Continue reading

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The best movies I watched in 2020

A lot of a year late and a dollar short flavour to these picks, but you know, not that much came out in 2020 so what can I do? Parasite (기생충 2019, dir. Bong Joon-ho, trailer) I saw this movie … Continue reading

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The best movies I watched in 2019

I seem to somehow have converted into a person that watches a reasonable amount of movies (like, more than ten a year!). This is allowing me to separate movies I like or don’t like from just the experience of watching … Continue reading

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The best movies I watched in 2018

For the first time in the existence of this blog, I think I actually watched enough movies this year that I can make a post like this. I don’t think I watched anything that came out this year that was … Continue reading

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2015 in Review: Highlights

Movies: I didn’t see that many movies in 2015, and only two that I can remember in theatres. The movies I saw that I thought best, in order of increasing lightheartedness: The Colour of Pomegranates an extraordinary achievement of cinematography and some … Continue reading

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A Soul Indeed

I don’t do obituaries well. “Well,” I asked myself, “why not?” Why must a film explain everything? Why must every motivation be spelled out? Aren’t many films fundamentally the same film, with only the specifics changed? Aren’t many of them … Continue reading

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