Art-house

The Lobster

Naked ViewerJuly 26, 2016

RELEASED 2016 RUNTIME 118 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION YORGOS LANTHIMOS SCREENPLAY EFTHYMIS FILIPPOU, YORGOS LANTHIMOS STARRING COLIN FARRELL, RACHEL WEISZ, J... Read More...

2016Art-houseComedyDramaFilmRomance

Youth

Naked ViewerJanuary 23, 2016

RELEASED 2015 RUNTIME 124 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION PAOLO SORRENTINO SCREENPLAY PAOLO SORRENTINO STARRING MICHAEL CAINE, HARVEY KEITEL, RACHEL WEISZ, PAUL ... Read More...

2015Art-houseComedyDramaFilm

Knight Of Cups

Naked ViewerSeptember 20, 2015

RELEASED 2015 RUNTIME 118 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION TERRENCE MALICK SCREENPLAY TERRENCE MALICK STARRING CHRISTIAN BALE, CATE BLAMCHETT, NATALIE PORTMAN, BR... Read More...

2015Art-houseDramaFilm

Victoria

Naked ViewerJune 26, 2015

RELEASED 2015 RUNTIME 138 MIN LANGUAGE GERMAN DIRECTION SEBASTIAN SCHIPPER SCREENPLAY OLIVIA NEERGAARD-HOLM, SEBASTIAN SCHIPPER, EIKE FREDERIK SCHULZ STARRING L... Read More...

2015Art-houseDramaFilmForeignThriller

Magnolia

Naked ViewerDecember 20, 2014

RELEASED 1999 RUNTIME 188 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON SCREENPLAY PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON STARRING JEREMY BLACKMAN, TOM CRUISE, MELINDA DILL... Read More...

1999Art-houseDramaFilm

The Master

Naked ViewerFebruary 28, 2014

RELEASED 2012 RUNTIME 144 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON SCREENPLAY PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON STARRING JOAQUIN PHOENIX, PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, ... Read More...

2012Art-houseDramaFilmPeriod

2001: A Space Odyssey

Naked ViewerJanuary 23, 2014

RELEASED 1968 RUNTIME 161 MIN LANGUAGE ENGLISH DIRECTION STANLEY KUBRICK SCREENPLAY STANLEY KUBRICK, ARTHUR C. CLARKE STARRING KEIR DULLEA, GARY LOCKWOOD, WILLI... Read More...

1968Art-houseFilmMysterySci-Fy

The categories in the box on the left inside the post do not reflect a score, but the tone of the movie.
A full bar in ACTION does not reflect that the action is amazing, but that there is a maximum amount of action.
The same way an empty bar in SUSPENSE doesn't say the suspense sucks, but rather there is no suspense at all.

AMBITION reflects how willing the moviemakers were in breaking new grounds in terms of subject matter, storytelling and/or technical breakthroughs.

CHALLENGE reflects, if the movie is easy to understand (empty bar) or requires your full amount of brain power (full bar).

When I review a movie I look at a few things. Is it an interesting story, or have I seen it done million times before? Is the script written well or does it confuse the viewer? How are the performances by the actors?

However, since my background is art and design I tend to pay a lot of attention to technical things like the cinematography and overall visual style, which includes visual effects and music (soundtracks and original scores).

Ambition is also very important to me. I can forgive a bad movie, when I see that the filmmakers went for something big - something new and groundbreaking, but maybe didn't quite reach it yet.

But the most important thing is of course. Did I enjoy the movie?

With new movies it's easy. Did I enjoy it when I watched it initially? That doesn't mean my view won't change over time.
When re-watching older movies I grew up with I'm looking, if it holds up, visual-wise and story-wise. But even though I try to keep an objective mind with each re-watch, nostalgia will always factor into my score. After all, I am a human being with a soul ;)

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