AliBouzari

AliBouzari

“He who jumps into the void owes no explanation to those who stand and watch.” Jean-Luc Godard

Favorite films

  • Mirror
  • L'Avventura
  • Fight Club
  • About Dry Grasses

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  • The Driver

    ★★½

  • Stir of Echoes

    ★★★★

  • The Good Lord Bird

    ★★★

  • Midnight Mass

    ★★★½

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  • Stir of Echoes

    Stir of Echoes

    ★★★★

    This was more a mystery rather than horror. The aggressive nature of the storytelling is definitely to my liking, everything that could be used or even abused to advance the plot happened, masterfully. The performances are great, especially the child actor; I know Stanley Kubrick would've killed to cast him in The Shining. 

  • The Good Lord Bird

    The Good Lord Bird

    ★★★

    Ethan Hawke’s voice can now be considered the best sound in Hollywood. It gives the character he plays all the right tones. The best thing about The Good Lord Bird is the raw dark humor it fashions, especially the opening sequence when John Brown tries to save Onion and his dad. But sadly, there is no humor in the second half of the series which was an actual buzz kill because there's not much to go on except the constant…

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  • Blow Out

    Blow Out

    ★★★★★

    The damnest thing just happened! the movie starts and it runs right up to the shot where the girl screams, I talk to myself in my head, saying "that's a bad scream", then suddenly, I hear the exact words I was thinking, It was spooky!
    I kinda feel embarrassed that I watched this movie after all these years, and all my friends should be embarrassed for never talking about it with me, shame on them.

  • La Collectionneuse

    La Collectionneuse

    ★★★★½

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

    Well, I thought I missed this one but no, watching it last night I realized I had watched it about a decade ago. Here, Rohmer, does what he does in every film I've watched from him: On the surface, it might seem like he's most interested in romantic relationships among people, but how subtly he dives into the psyche of each character, and investigates the ins and outs is something to behold. Rohmer’s cinema is analytical and peculiarly personal, to…

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