The House of Small Cubes

Nice little short Japanese animated feature. 8/10

My Best Fiend

I'd seen bits of this documentary before, but I decided to watch it all from start to finish. It's a fascinating watch.

Klaus Kinski strikes me as just being a plain dickhead. Apologies and everything, but I just don't see him as a great actor. In fact, I find his performances too over-the-top and silly.

But what I really do love, is that Werner Herzog can make a film about making a film with this shithead. It's so funny and disturbing in parts, and just a really great study of the man and his craft.

I love how Werner Herzog starts riffing on stuff in such a misanthropic way. There's this one bit where he reacts to how Kinski used to describe the jungle as "erotic", and then Herzog goes off on one of his wicked rants about, "When I look around the jungle all I see is death and decay, cannibalism and obscenity." Some shit like that, and then he's all like, "But I love it. Klaus didn't, despite his claims that he did."

And that's his way of stitching Kinski up -- he shows his absurdity, his disconnection with reality, and his hypocrisy, whereas Herzog's view of things is equally manic, but more in touch with reality, and more realistic. Or something.

There's love for Kinski in there too. And he doesn't just focus on the overblown, exaggerated elements of Kinski's outbursts on set. He tries to paint an entire picture of the man. 9/10

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

This film was decidedly weird. 7/10

Ed Wood

I couldn't believe this was based on a true story at times.

Truly unbelievable. 8/10

Lady Bird

Nice film. 8/10

The Disaster Artist

Fun film. Also pretty moving in its message regarding following dreams. 8/10

Erased

Don't usually add series to my blog, but this one was really enjoyable. I liked the atmosphere and the gripping storyline a lot.

It was nice to watch something in Japanese again too. For my reference, the Japanese title was 僕だけがいない街 (boku dake ga inai machi - The town where only I am).

I liked it a lot – good characters and fun plot. The ending scene on the bridge with the fireworks was a little cheesy, but overall it was great. 8/10

Get Out

See -- this is how bad I've neglected this blog recently.

I completely forgot to add this amazing film I saw!

Will write more soon. 9/10

John Wick

Great action flick. 8/10

Adaptation (Re-watch)

Good. 8/10

Eye in the Sky

Brilliant and tense exploration into the politics, legality and ethics of a drone strike. 8/10