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Aguirre, the Wrath of God, 1972 - ★★★★
Not as frenetic as I was expecting, but I did find I was keeping my eyes peeled throughout for where the next arrow, poison dart or back stabbing was coming from.
Plainclothes, 2025 - ★★★½
More engaging from a visual perspective than the story or connection to the characters. For the latter I felt it was missing some depth or nuance. The different perspectives, pace and quality of visuals felt frenetic and had my heart racing throughout.
Sentimental Value, 2025 - ★★★★★
Life is hard. Relationships are complex. We all contain multitudes etc
While You Were Sleeping, 1995
If anyone tries to tell you this isn’t the best Christmas film, send them my way.
Dragonfly, 2025 - ★★★★
One of those films where you feel like you’ve had a shared experience with everyone else in the cinema. Everyone stayed seated until the end of the credits and nobody spoke as they left. Not felt that for a long time.
After a few hours I’m still not sure what I think of the film overall. But it’s one I’ll be thinking about for a while yet.
Hedda, 2025 - ★★★★
There were a few things in my favour when seeing this 1) not knowing the source material 2) a small, almost empty cinema screen.
I was intrigued throughout by the use of sound. In places it was reminiscent of the chorus in a Greek tragedy. An extra character in the telling of the story for sure.
