American Star – Ian McShane is a hitman in Gran Canaria who becomes enamoured by the locals in this ponderous film. Not essential but he’s very good.
Pig – I loved this. I'm not a huge Cage fan but this is undoubtedly his best performance. He's still and exudes steely determination in this revenge thriller that plays with the very notion of what revenge is. It completely upended me.
Red Desert – Antonioni's first colour film stars Monica Vitti as a woman on the verge of of a nervous breakdown. Visually stunning, and she is mesmerisingly raw in this.
Perfect Days – Everyone seems to love this languid film of a Tokyo toilet cleaner, but it’s flabby, at times silly, unfocused, and needs a lot of editing. I can see why people loved it but I found it drumroll bog standard.
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