The Return of the Film Diary (2024)

17.3.

Great paranoia thriller, this is like a classic X-files episode.

17.3.

A very solid little scifi horror gem from pre-Frankenstein Hammer.

25.2.

He is back! The mysterious man has returned to find a perfect woman to give birth to his bastard son.

25.2.

This is some filthy horror from Brazil. I love it.

24.2.

24.2.

24.2.

18.2.

This film sucks the big one, but the story behind the film is quite interesting.

18.2.

Yup, this is Makaveyev, alright.

17.2.

Art films can't get much more intense and extreme than this.

11.2.

I miss the time when films could still be simple and smart. The Fly was so revered, even I knew it before I could read, and I didn't watch the film until I was 18.

11.2.

One of the finest films ever made.

10.2.

10.2.

4.2.

What seems like a traditional crime-thriller turned out to be a man lost in a soulless corporate world ridden with greed and paranoia. John Boorman directed the hell out of this film.

4.2.

The original ending you have to see. Without it the film is great, but the original restored version is the only true way to experience this.

3.2.

A man struggles to connect with his lost son (and mother nature).

3.2.

A brutal and unpleasant story about men going to conquer something that cannot be conquered. Vietnam war references are clear as a day.

21.1.

Well, this was pretty tough film to sit through, honestly. There are no central characters or a story. Instead it's a one huge compilation of every revolution and revolt in Hungarian history and probably beyond. The characters are more like archetypes and symbols, and the way they use music reminded me of using art as a tool for justice and virtue in the world. In other words: hippy stuff.

21.1.

This film reminded me what I love about John Boorman: it doesn't matter how silly of campy his subject matters are, they always feel larger than life and downright awe-inspiring.

20.1.

Believe it or not, this film is not about a boy and a kestler. It's more about the bleak and hopeless life of a working class lad, his troubled family and the whole education system. The director is a devout socialist, so no wonder.

As usual, I don't like the pessimism. I can see what the director is trying to say, but the pessimism is what bites me.

20.1.

There's not that much plot in this film: it's just the brutality of war. It's namely Russian Civil war, but the way they frame it, this could be anywhere and any time. That is, inhumane violence and suffering, are universal.

13.1.

Daniel Day-Lewis, man. The dude can frigging act. This is his masterpiece. The story is also great and very unique.

6.1.

A historically significant documentary, even groundbreaking at the time it was filmed. This doc was supposed to be about the British conquest of the South Pole, but ended up showing a tragedy of the men sacrificing their lives for their expedition. The historical value of this document wasn't fully understood until recently, maybe because history hates failures.

1.1.

Had to watch this one again just so I could write more in-depth about it's symbolism. A great film, one of the best.