Stephen Bell

Stephen Bell

I'll follow anyone, I don't think our taste profiles have to match up.

Favorite films

  • Mandala
  • The Secret Agent
  • First Reformed
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

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  • Where Is the Friend's House?

    ★★★★½

  • Le Trou

    ★★★★½

  • Walkabout

    ★★★★

  • Withnail & I

    ★★★★½

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Where Is the Friend's House?
★★★★½ Liked Watched

The teacher is irritated, and nice, but the kids are so small, young. There's a weird kind of cruelty to children, that I'm hesitant to judge. Everyone treats Ahmad as an incorrigible piker not living up to responsibilities. The shot of him running up the road to the next town is amazing. I like the zig zag on the hill. Nobody knows anything, they're all preoccupied doing their stuff, and can't be bothered to help him. He wants to give…

Le Trou
★★★★½ Liked Watched

Preface: I worked on Rikers Island for a few months, and it was quite terrible. I'm reluctant to watch a prison movie, even one from 1950's France. I've only seen The Shawshank Redemption, not the other prison escape movies. Unfortunately I know there's a twist at the end. You can't really live without some soft spoilers. I have to read about a movie like this to get me into it.

Prison movies show human ingenuity, tell a good story. Truth is prison and jail are pure boring. The tension and claustrophobia is real. What a fascinating movie.

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One Battle After Another
★★★★★ Liked Watched

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Sinners
★★★★½ Liked Watched

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