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Watched on Saturday February 22, 2025.

Watched on Monday January 20, 2025.

Andy Lau’s 60 seconds of combined on-screen time carried.

Watched on Saturday January 18, 2025.

Just got back from Hong Kong, and I caught a cold there, so you KNOW I gotta bust out the Infernal Affairs dvd for a prompt re-watch.

I went to the future club and they all said that you were possessed by the past 😳🫵

Occasionally zoned out and missed key plot points. Needed more Gordon. And more of the obscene schlocky gore from the first few minutes. Oh well, still a Shaw Bros at the end of the day; still fun!

Watched on Saturday December 28, 2024.

Early Spring’s portrayal of work-induced alienation and misery is resonantly truthful, nearly 70 years later, across language and cultural contexts. I’m sure it still will be, another 70 years from now.

Continuing the tradition of re-watching a beloved climbing doco whilst attempting to wrap presents. Perfect sports movie arc. When Kevin finally does the traverse, the crowd goes wild.

Went to the bathroom and missed the scene where Venom gives a human rights speech in a club, therefore I can’t accurately rate this 😔

This movie proves that Riz Ahmed is a great actor because normally, he’s so attractive, but when he’s playing Elon Musk, he’s not only repulsive but borderline unrecognisable

Watched on Thursday November 7, 2024.

Watched on Sunday October 20, 2024.

Watched on Sunday October 20, 2024.

Watched on Sunday October 20, 2024.

Watched on Friday September 27, 2024.

Watched on Saturday September 7, 2024.

Watched on Friday September 6, 2024.

But what was this film actually about? What was it really trying to say?

Watched on Sunday August 25, 2024.

Watched on Sunday August 25, 2024.

Watched on Saturday August 24, 2024.

I gotta respect how hard this leaned into its schtick, it’s definitely not for everyone and is purposefully quite challenging. Feels like the cinema was the wrong context to encounter this. I’d rather see it on a television at 2am (in 10 minute chunks) or in an art gallery. Just let it wash over you. 

That being said, I don’t really understand why this was shot on film? 🤔

Watched on Friday August 23, 2024.

Watched on Thursday August 22, 2024.

Walked in thinking this would be an interesting curio, walked out feeling totally inspired and utterly moved.

I’m curious about the ps2 though. What games did they have, where did they store them, and did they ever watch dvds on it too? Get popcorn from the cinema and then watch whatever new release weekly rental? That’s what I would have done.

Had me slightly glassy eyed for almost the entire duration. Good music, good company, good drinks – that’s what life is about.

As a side note, I was a huge fan of Diggin in the Carts back in the day. That’s a series I still think about often. A Century in Sound is also poised to enter the living-in-my-brain-forever pantheon.

Truly beguiling! Another one for the Hong Heads™ out there.

At least the first 30 minutes are a better Uncharted movie than the Uncharted movie.

Watched on Saturday August 17, 2024.

It-goes-from-bad-to-worse cinematic pantheon just received a valiant new entry.

Watched on Wednesday August 14, 2024.

About halfway through the experience becomes like sitting through a real banger of a graphic design PhD presentation. I mean that in the best way possible.

Watched on Sunday August 11, 2024.

Watched on Sunday August 11, 2024.

Watched on Sunday August 11, 2024.

Watched on Sunday August 11, 2024.

Watched on Saturday August 10, 2024.

Watched on Saturday August 10, 2024.

Watched on Saturday August 10, 2024.

Watched on Saturday August 10, 2024.

Watched on Saturday August 10, 2024.

Watched on Saturday August 10, 2024.

Watched on Saturday August 10, 2024.

Watched on Saturday August 10, 2024.

A lot to like here; a great score, beautiful cinematography and overall cohesive and intriguing. I loved that they kept Yan Shuo’s story ambiguous. The script ran out of steam, though, and maybe would have worked better as a short film. I’d love to see this director do music videos.

The template. I’ll always be completely obsessed with this movie. The métro chase sequence is such a masterpiece in and of itself; it always gets me.

16-year-old me would love that I now have a slightly crumpled A5 flyer for it courtesy of the 4K restoration theatrical release! Dream big and your dreams just might come true (the dream being a free A5 glossy 100gsm picture of Alain Delon).

“Perfect” – it’s in the title! I’m not going to um and ah about giving five stars like I did with Decision to Leave. Is it a bit twee? Sure. Is it filmed through a Westerner’s eye? Yes. I don’t care. The moment Hirayama cracked open a can of Boss Cafe au Lait (the best flavour), I knew this would be a certified banger.

Didn’t work for me! A few of the most chaotic scenes were quite funny but overall I don’t think this aged particularly well.

An incomplete list of movies I’d see on the shelf at the video store as a child that left a deep impression on me, for whatever reason

• Evolution
• The 6th Day
• Alien
• Miss Congeniality
• Orange County
• Go
• Scream
• 2010: The Year We Make

Ranking the feature films I saw at MIFF 2022. Good to be back, can’t believe I didn’t even catch covid given I usually get sick during MIFF. 16 films feels like a weak effort. Next year I’ll quit my job and spend 3 weeks at the cinema 😩 

I originally had the shorts in here too but it feels a bit weird and unfair to compare the features to the shorts.

1. Decision to Leave
2. The Novelist's Film
3. The Balcony Movie
4. Are You Lonesome Tonight?
5. Fire of Love
6. Broker
7. Emily the Criminal
8. Lynch/Oz
9. The Mole Song: Final
10. The Cathedral

...plus 6 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

In 2011, when I was 16/17, I kept a list of every film I watched and re-watched that year. I found that notebook and turned it into this list - presented in order of viewing. It’s interesting to reflect on the films I have no memory of (The Men Who Stare at Goats), and the ones that are seared into my memory despite probably only watching them once in 2011 (Cube). It’s also the year I became a lifelong Buster Keaton stan. 

Due to Letterboxd being the way it is, I can’t record the films I watched twice or more in the year. They were:
- The Cook (x3)
- One Week (x3)
- Dr Strangelove (x3)
- Le Samouraï (x2)
- The Fighter (x2)
- The Haunted House (x2)
- Drive (x2)
- Super 8 (x2)
- Cursed (x2)
- Die Hard (x2)
- LOTR:FotR (x2)

• Mega Piranha
• Equilibrium
• The Virgin Suicides
• Inglourious Basterds
• Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
• Dance of the Dead
• Anaconda 3: Offspring
• The Player
• Cold Souls
• Logan's Run

...plus 192 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.