Recently Watched Films

This film, for example! Excellent historic drama

For those interested, here's my list of good russian films: https://www.imdb.com/list/ls056018940/

80's comedy and early Tom Hanks role. The plot is a bit dumb and far fetched, but Hanks is good. 

My first 2020 movie and it's a weird as fuck one. I was engrossed by it but can't really make head to tail of what was real or what wasn't. 

I like the atmosphere and the mystery of it.  Not every detail in a story has to be handed to you on a plate.  I think it's more compelling if you have to make some assumptions on your own

also the cinematography is just fantastic

I agree that it has a good atmosphere. It probably have looked better if the film has been in HD when I saw it. Unfortunately bugger all channels are in HD on Freesat. Price you pay for cheaper TV. I'd even agree that it has intrigue and mystery about it. I did keep watching it after all. 

My biggest issue with it is that it probably could have accomplished everything it did without losing a damn thing and comfortably shed an hour or more of the running time. It's over 2.5 hours long and that feels really unjustified to me. That the director pandered about with the shots, drawing them out far more than was necessary, instead of keeping the film moving. I do get that it is supposed to be contemplative, but personally I think it overdid it. For me it all proved more of a distraction than a complement to the narrative, which also made me constantly feel like I'd much rather read a book.

Pretty great. Sci-fi meets noir. 

Possibly the best anime movie I've watched yet. Surprisingly graphic on the blood details for an animated PG title (Japan, eh?). 

Excellent film, deserved all the hype. Not only a commentary about racism (and envy) but a damn good horror/thriller production.