Oliver Batchelor Patron

Favorite films

  • Submarine
  • Amélie
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
  • Cinema Paradiso

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  • Last Scene

    ★★★½

  • Deauville-Trouville la plage et le front de la mer

    ★★★

  • Hands Of Sicily

    ★★★★

  • The Phoenician Scheme

    ★★★★★

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Aftersun

2022

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

2022 RANKED
Charlotte Wells RANKED

That's me in the corner,
That's me in the spot-light,
Losing my productivity because I can't stop thinking about Charlotte Wells' debut masterpiece Aftersun (2022).


I don't think anything in any film has affected me so viscerally as the editing and sound mix in the Under Pressure dance scene.

Submarine

2010

★★★★★ Liked Rewatched

2010 RANKED
Richard Ayoade RANKED

We don't want to be in the dark. Being fiddled with!

What I think I love most about this is the sincerity with which it treats the script. It's an undoubtedly funny script with jokes and silly moments, but it all feels entirely real, and it's never directly played for laughs. The narration Oliver gives is obviously and deliberately pretentious and self-centred, but it's treated with respect and heart, because it seems silly now but…

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Deauville-Trouville la plage et le front de la mer

1912

★★★ Liked Watched

Still in my post Doctor Who slump so I'm watching Edwardian seaside travelogues to recover, don't mind me.

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Nativity!

2009

★★★ Liked Rewatched

Mr. Poppy is a danger to literally everyone, he needs to be stopped, he can't go on like this.

Extinction of the Species

2023

★★★★ Liked Watched

Does it make much sense beyond vibes ? No. But do I enjoy a short film that's mostly just vibes ? Yes, yes I do.