Mostly contains movies though I've sneaked in a few TV Shows. In chronological order of watching (mostly).
Pawel Pawlikowski
Rating: ****
Anh Hung Tran
Rating: ****
maybe someday i will get tired of watching movies that feel like a pigment taken out of lives of "ordinary" people, but today is not that day
Denis Villeneuve
Rating: ****
Capernaum level of disturbing
Davy Chou
Rating: ****
i loved the movie but god it was impossible for me to sympathise with the protagonist. i felt much more empathy for her father, whose character saved the entire movie.
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Rating: ****
Bi Gan
Rating: *****
a perfect movie
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Rating: ****
it's very rare that an adaptation resonates stronger with you than it's original text, but that just goes to show how masterfully this was directed and interpreted.
Bi Gan
Rating: *****
the long scene in the second half is hands down the greatest I've ever seen. it felt like a dream there's so much to uncover about this movie: the kind of movie that deserves multiple watches.
Abbas Kiarostami
Rating: ***
Isao Takahata
Rating: ****
Abbas Kiarostami
Rating: ***
Martin McDonagh
Rating: ***
Alexander Payne
Rating: ***
Hirokazu Koreeda
Rating: ****
Payal Kapadia
Rating: ***
felt like the kind of movie that is made to win awards and is successful in that end. make of that what you will.
Lars von Trier
Rating: **
obsessively morbid
Majid Majidi
Rating: ***
James Ponsoldt
Rating: **
Thomas Vinterberg
Rating: ****
takes a silly premise and builds a painfully real portrait of mid life existential crisis. loved it.
Christopher Morris
Rating: ****
Park Chan-wook
Rating: *****
Nadine Labaki
Rating: *****
Kenneth Lonergan
Rating: ***
Ritesh Batra
Rating: ****
a tranquil watch. personally, i found miloni's character deeply moving. beautiful soundtrack too.
Ali Abbasi
Rating: ***
The Iranians really know how to make a movie.
Ivan Ayr
Rating: ****
Great movie. Explores a ton of topics though doesn't dedicate itself to any, which is probably my only grievance with it. But an engaging and sublime watch nonetheless, by bollywood standards anyway.
Paul Thomas Anderson
Rating: ****
Jafar Panahi
Rating: *****
Exceedingly beautiful, makes you empathize with a world beyond yet so near.
Shunji Iwai
Rating: *****
what the fuck was this movie
Hong Sang-soo
Rating: ****
very engaging, even though the cinematography is humble. would've been nicer to have a bit more the of background of the characters, though the movie does drops subtle hints. don't get me wrong though: it was a very satiating watch. would recommend.
Celine Song
Rating: ****
beautiful cinematography, very pleasant to watch, and profound. has given me a lot of stuff to think about: especially the question of pragmatism vs idealism.
Paul Thomas Anderson
Rating: ***
Abbas Kiarostami
Rating: ****
I had profound feelings of sonder throughout this movie: I see Soznain as almost an ideal victim of his circumstances, perhaps as the movie intended. I loved the somewhat contrasting situations Mahrdad and Soznain find themselves in, even though both are interested in art. This movie is terrifying reminder of how much suffering exists in this universe, and how little of it is acknowledged. It's the sort of movie that can cause Marxist awakenings, if there is such a thing.
KEFF
Rating: *****
James Ward Byrkit
Rating: *****
Wim Wenders
Rating: *****
A perfect movie, I wouldn't change a thing. The minimalism really helps you connect deeply with the characters. It's slow and chaotic in the first half and beautifully comes together in the second half, reminiscent of "Taste of Cherry" and then it leaves you with a deep sorrow in the end.
Mira Nair
Rating: ****
The movie is dark and traumatising. Definitely a bollywood gem, infinitely more well-written and produced than any so-called "underrated" drama like Pyaasa. Very realistic and subtle by Bollywood standards.
Mohammad Rasoulof
Rating: ****
I've said it before and I'll say it again: the Iranians really know how to make a movie. As if the screenplay and cinematography weren't gorgeous enough already, what really puts soul in this movie is that it is a real life piece of rebellious art: it is banned in Iran and the director is jailed.
Hayao Miyazaki
Rating: *
I definitely did not find it as profound or artistically complex as people around me made it out to be. The story line seems too chaotic yet lacks the spontaneity of, for example, Your Name. Gave it half a star extra because for me it's eye candy. It can be (and is, for many) a good and easy comfort movie.
Abbas Kiarostami
Rating: *****
Taste of Cherry is exactly my favorite kind of movie currently: meditational and introspective.
Wim Wenders
Rating: ****
So slow and subtle, as the highest form of art should be. It's not the kind of movie with moral paradoxes that make you think for days, but in my opinion a piece of art which teaches you new ways to feel, and hence stays with you for an even longer time. At the beginning of the movie I could relate to why Hirayama found his life contentful, but his trite routines pretty soon made me question if a person can ever live contentfully this way. As the movie progressed, I felt I could understand Hirayama more and more, and by the end of the movie, the way he lived made complete sense to me. I would highly recommend this movie, but it's definitely not for the less patient.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Rating: **
Justine Triet
Rating: *****
John Berger
Rating: *****
Hayao Miyazaki
Rating: ***
cute. but not much more.
Wes Anderson
Rating: *****
So entertaining! This was my first Wes Anderson movie, and I had some preconceived notion of his hip cinematography, but I never expected it to be so engaging!
Rating: *****
Rating: *****
Adam McKay
Rating: *****
J.C. Chandor
Rating: *****
Terrence Malick
Rating: ****
Beautiful cinematography which kept me hooked throughout the movie. Though I felt the characters were a little too fantasized and out-of-touch with reality, I loved the storytelling style.
Greta Gerwig
Rating: ****
Tony Grech-Smith, Vicky Jones
Rating: ****
Rating: ****
Vishal Bhardwaj
Rating: ****
Hayao Miyazaki
Rating: ****
Asghar Farhadi
Rating: *****
had to call my mom like a child because of how realistically disturbing this was. highly, highly recommend.
Avinash Arun
Rating: *****
what a beautiful movie
Thiagarajan Kumararaja
Rating: ****
Yash Chopra
Rating: *
Why did I waste three hours of my life thinking this is some cult classic that I'm missing out on?? To be fair to the movie the cinematography and the sets were decent at times, but that's about the only positive thing I can say about this movie.
Michael Haneke
Rating: *****
Barry Jenkins
Rating: *****
Wong Kar-Wai
Rating: *****
Richard Linklater
Rating: *****
Richard Linklater
Rating: *****
Richard Linklater
Rating: *****
Wong Kar-Wai
Rating: *****
Wong Kar-Wai
Rating: *****
Wong Kar-Wai
Rating: *****
let's just say this movie was my cinematic awakening.
Saim Sadiq
Rating: *****
Broke my heart. Highly recommend.
Greta Gerwig
Rating: *****
Vishal Bhardwaj
Rating: *****
Makoto Shinkai
Rating: *****
Ruben Ostlund
Rating: *****
Highly entertaining, though not everyone would like this style of film-making.
Adam Curtis
Rating: ****
Trevor Hawkins
Rating: ****
I loved what the film was trying to potray, but the screenplay felt a bit lost at times. Still recommend.
Charlotte Wells
Rating: ***