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Favorite films = Favorite First Experiences of 2025

Favorite films

  • Autumn Sonata
  • Perfect Blue
  • Black Swan
  • The Shining

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  • King Arthur: Legend of the Sword

    ★★

  • Guy Ritchie's The Covenant

    ★★★½

  • The Battle of Algiers

  • Thunderbolts*

    ★★★½

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Come and See

1985

★★★★ Watched

Damn.

Sleeping Dogs

2024

★★★ Watched

Memnto lite

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Autumn Sonata

1978

★★★★★ Watched

“Sometimes, when I lie awake at night, I wonder whether I've lived at all. Is it the same for everybody? Do some people have a greater talent for living than others or do some people never live, but just exist?”

“one thing i did understand : not a shred of the real me could be loved or accepted. I didnt dare to be myself even when i was alone because i hated what was on my own”

Nightcrawler

2014

★★★★½ Watched

The way this movie showed how the monetization of morally reprehensible actions can incentivize people to let go of any semblance of morals that they may have had, in the name of progres the capitalistic ladder was honestly horrifying. 

All the dialogue in the final 10 minutes felt like a perfect encapsulation of how sensationalism is valued over truth and how it allows any barriers to be broken to ensure one’s personal goals are fulfilled, no matter the burden…

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