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Everything Everywhere All At Once - (2022)
Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert. The hype is real. Everything Everywhere All At Once is a great movie! What makes it a great...
Amir Steklov
Jan 13, 20232 min read


The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - (1994–1995)
Author: Haruki Murakami. This novel hit me so hard in my soft belly; The plot, characters and the excellent writing without compromising...
Amir Steklov
Jan 13, 20231 min read


The French Dispatch - (2021)
Director: Wes Anderson. 3 boring short stories with super flat characters I couldn't care less about. Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray & Owen...
Amir Steklov
Jan 13, 20231 min read


South of the Border, West of the Sun - (1992)
Author: Haruki Murakami. This novella is very refreshing when doing a Murakami marathon. After reading Norwegian Wood, this comes as a...
Amir Steklov
Jan 13, 20231 min read


Norwegian Wood - (1987)
Author: Haruki Murakami. When I was at Watanabe's age I tried to read Norwegian Wood for the first time. I didn't make it pass the 3rd...
Amir Steklov
Jan 13, 20232 min read


The Lighthouse - (2019)
Director: Robert Houston Eggers. I was avoiding The Lighthouse for a long time because I've heard mix reviews about it. On the one hand,...
Amir Steklov
Jan 13, 20231 min read


45 Years - (2015)
Director: Andrew Haigh. Almost a perfect film. 45 Years is a sensitive yet interesting melodrama about growing old together while...
Amir Steklov
Jan 13, 20231 min read


The Batman - (2022)
Director: Matt Reeves. I was interested to watch the new rendition of the DC's IP after many people compared it to David Fincher's Se7en...
Amir Steklov
Jan 13, 20231 min read


The Trilogy of The Rat - (1979 - 1982)
Author: Haruki Murakami. 3 Novels: 1) Hear The Wind Sing - (1979) 2) Pinball 1974 - (1980) 3) A wild Sheep Chase - (1982) I read the...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20232 min read


Orlando - (1992)
Director: Sally Potter. I don't like using the term "a perfect film", it's used too much these days and smells to me like propaganda. But...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read


Memoria - (2021)
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Watching Memoria feels like daydreaming after a few days without sleep. I liked the focus on sound,...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read


Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - (1985)
Author: Haruki Murakami. After reading Dostoevsky, I really needed to read something light and fun. I remember reading "Hard-Boiled...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read


The Brothers Karamazov - (1879-80)
Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky in one sentence: A bunch of Russian bros talk about Jesus, money...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read


Promising Young Woman - (2020)
Director: Emerald Fennell. I really enjoyed watching Promising Young Woman. I think the screenplay is well written and the characters are...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read


Hellbender - (2021)
Director: The Adams Family. Freaking awesome, I loved this movie! It's campy, fun, absurd but not trash. Very inspiring low-budget film ☺...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read


Drive My Car - (2020)
Director: David Bruckner. Drive My Car is a Japanese melodrama based on Haruki Murakami's short story with the same title. Just saying...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20232 min read


The Night House - (2020)
Director: David Bruckner. The Night House is a good movie with a bad ending. I see many such films in the horror genre lately and I...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read


1Q84 - Trilogy - (2009-10)
Author: Haruki Murakami. 1Q84 is a character-driven epic magic-realism fairytale. As such, it's hard for a cynical person like myself to...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read


The Matrix Resurrections - (2021)
Director: Lana Wachowski. Maybe I should stop watching American films... There is something really upsetting about the glorification of...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read


Black Narcissus - (1947)
Director: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It's been a while since I fell asleep during a film. It was a fun sleep nevertheless. I...
Amir Steklov
Jan 11, 20231 min read
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