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Quotes of better days

The only thing worse than being incompetent,
or being unkind or being evil, is being indecisive.

Thoroughbreds (2017)

Poetry doesn’t belong to those who write.
It belongs to those who need it.

Il Postino (1994)

It’s like, when you don’t know someone, they’re more interesting.
They can be anything you want them to be.

Sing Street (2016)

We crave the mistery
because there is none left.

Under the Silver Lake (2018)

This must be the station they told me about, with the funny name.
Not the station where the train stopped, but the station where the station stopped.

Der Himmel über Berlin (1987)

Week In, Week Out

Movies of the Week #4 (2023)

27 Jan 2023
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021): Hamaguchi directed two big Japanese movies released 2021, this and the Oscar winner for best international picture, Drive My Car. For whatever reason, WoFaF…
Reviews

Taximetriști (2023)

27 Jan 2023
It was an eventful few months for fans of Romanian movies, with a bunch of releases that proved varied not only in genre, but also in quality. Taximetriști falls plum…
Week In, Week Out

Movies of the Week #3 (2023)

20 Jan 2023
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920): One of my goals this year is to fill some of my big cinematic knowledge gaps, starting with bona fide classics, particularly from the…
Week In, Week Out

Movies of the Week #2 (2023)

13 Jan 2023
Capra cu trei iezi (2022): This has to be the first Romanian (folk) horror movie I've ever seen and I'm glad to say that it stands as an equal to…
Reviews

Capra cu trei iezi (2022)

10 Jan 202310 Jan 2023
This has to be the first Romanian (folk) horror movie I've ever seen and I'm glad to say that it stands as an equal to modern horror movies all around.…
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Movies of the Week #1 (2023)

6 Jan 20236 Jan 2023
Western (2017): You just know that when the Germans come into town, you need to lock up your horses. Just kidding, of course, they'll get to them any way. Western…
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Movies of the Week #51-52 (2022):

30 Dec 2022
Carol (2015): Sometimes you leave a movie for "a later time" in the hope that it will live up to its promise and just find...the right moment. It seems like…
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Movies of the Week #50 (2022)

18 Dec 2022
Plus que jamais (2022): If you're up for heartbreak, then why not watch this beautiful and crushing tale of love and tragedy? Emily Atef might be showing European restraint, but…
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Movies of the Week #47-49 (2022)

9 Dec 2022
The Menu (2022): Well, I guess could call The Menu something like The Triangle of Food, given that it shares its overarching theme with Sadness. Thankfully, it keeps itself in…
Week In, Week Out

Movies of the Week #45-46 (2022)

18 Nov 2022
Take Out (2004): One of Sean Baker's early works (co-created with Shih-Ching Tsou), Take Out has many of the features we've grown to associate with the director - the amateur…
Reviews

Aftersun (2022): holding memories in film

14 Nov 202215 Nov 2022
Living in a country that's not on the beaten path of the mainstream means that my chances of witnessing flashy movie premieres of global hits is an unlikely occurrence. Not…
Week In, Week Out

Movies of the Week #43-44 (2022)

5 Nov 20225 Nov 2022
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022): Martin McDonagh confirms his pedigree as one of the most consistent active directors, producing another remarkable piece of filmmaking. Starring his "usual" leads, Colin Farrell…

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