Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Firebird 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 14 Dec 2024

  i met mikhailov on february 1st at the premiere of 'let's go to macau with you' and at that time i was really curious what it was like to have your own director of photography as they had established a sort of companionship with rodionov, it was a fun experience since we discussed his dop literally behind his back and mikhailov secretly told me that he was going to make a film in india with mark eydelshteyn and now i…

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  Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka 1953

  ★★★ Watched 07 Dec 2024

  i too would've dropped to my knees and tearfully begged my sister for a drink from a puddle at any given chance if i knew that this could turn me into a biblically accurate depiction of a sacrificial lamb with the fluffiest little tail and a bell

Popular reviews

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  The Vourdalak 2023

  ★★★ Watched 14 Apr 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  a homophobic bloodthirsty centuries old mythical creature who turned out to be gay at the end of the film? my favorite slavic folklore character

  i've known about this film since february and i couldn't wait to see it, being obsessed with the foggy woods, the grainy aesthetic of 16mm film, the gothic nature of the novel, as was the director, and having lived my whole life not far away from leo tolstoy's residence it was very nice to see someone's…

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  The Romance of Astrea and Celadon 2007

  ★★★½ Watched 24 Jul 2024

  dressing up as a girl to become your girlfriend's lesbian awakening isn't that what true love really is?