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Review of Open City (2008)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 25 Jun 2010

Unusually tight plotting for a neorealist film, though just as moving…

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Review of Repulsion (1965)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 07 Jun 2010

It was awesome watching Catherine Deneuve descend into madness. Beautiful cinematography. This is Polanski at his best…

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Review of The Young Victoria (2009)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 03 Jun 2010

The movie was ok. Great cinematics, but I felt a large part of the movie was left on the cutting room floor…

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Review of Broken Embraces (2009)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 09 May 2010

Good melodrama Almodovar movie. Kinda wish he would go back to his more twisted stories, but I know this is Almodovar in his mature years…

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Review of And the Ship Sails On (1983)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 03 May 2010

Quirky and original characters, an intriguing plot crashing with history and cleverly mundane dialogue all make for a bemused experience; worth…

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Review of The Hunger (1983)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 06 Dec 2009

An extraordinarily stylish and artistic but thin-on-plot vampire opera with great art direction and effectively erotic turn from Catherine…

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Review of Pickpocket (1959)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 05 Nov 2009

Bresson's treatment of his characters are so cold, but the sequence of pick pockets are a joy to watch. Great camera work…

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Review of Simon of the Desert (1965)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 31 Oct 2009

I'm always impressed by every Bunuel movie I watch. Each one feels surprising and new to me...as is Simon of the Desert…

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Review of Yi Yi (2000)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 27 Oct 2009

A bit too slow paced for my taste, but I liked the movie. It showed a lot of humanity and made me reflected on life…

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Review of Charade (1963)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 09 Oct 2009

[Gideon is looking at Charles' body in the coffin and begins to sneeze violently] . Sylvie Gaudel: He must've known Charles pretty well…

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Review of Belle de Jour (1967)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 03 Oct 2009

It's a tough job being a horny house wife, but someone's got to do it...very frenchy this one indded…

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Review of Kikujiro (1999)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 21 Sep 2009

It s a Slow rhythm movie but tht s not a problem at all :o) on the contrary, that contributes to make it a good movie The soundtracks are also…

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Review of Fanny and Alexander (1982)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 20 Sep 2009

A fantastic film all around. I saw the 3 hour version and it didn't feel that long at all. One of the more optimistic films from Bergman…

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Review of Meet Joe Black (1998)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 08 Sep 2009

When the movie started I thought the story was gonna be about a girl liking a perfect guy she meets in a coffee shop but then suddenly the…

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Review of Amarcord (1973)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 28 Aug 2009

Although this film is regarded as a great classic peice of cinimatic history, I didnt get it…

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Review of Night and the City (1950)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 20 Aug 2009

One of the few film noirs that I actually like. Very tight plot line…

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Review of My Dinner with Andre (1981)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 27 Jun 2009

This is a film of ideas. its not your usual movie-going experience. wallace shawn (the cliffs of insanity…

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Review of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 26 Jun 2009

A total borefest. How can anyone watch this movie…

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Review of The Ramen Girl (2008)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 26 May 2009

Just another typical Brit Murphy kinda movie...not boring not yet entertaining..so-so…

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Review of French Cancan (1955)

By Zhanyi J (167) on 16 May 2009

I hated this. Thank goodness the French New Wave came a few years later…

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