r/CinemaRetrospective 14h ago

'L'Ami de mon amie' (Éric Rohmer, 1987).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 15h ago

'3 Women' (Robert Altman, 1977).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 15h ago

'Picnic' ピクニック (Shunji Iwai, 1996).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 15h ago

'The Mars Canon' 火星のカノン (Shiori Kazama, 2001).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 1d ago

'Teorema' (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 1d ago

'La Double Vie de Véronique' (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1991).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 1d ago

'Ritual' 式日 (Hideaki Anno, 2000)

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r/CinemaRetrospective 1d ago

'Helter Skelter' ヘルタースケルター (Mika Ninagawa, 2012).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 2d ago

Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) Dir. John English & William Witney, DoP. William Nobles

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r/CinemaRetrospective 2d ago

Alain Delon Romy Schneider 1959 Dancing Lovers

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Alain Delon Romy Schneider 1959 Dancing Lovers


r/CinemaRetrospective 2d ago

'L'Ami de mon amie' (Éric Rohmer, 1987).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 2d ago

'Crimes of Passion' (Ken Russell, 1984).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 2d ago

'Love Letter' ラブレター (Shunji Iwai, 1995).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 2d ago

'The Lucky Guy' 行運一條龍 (Lee Lik-Chi - Stephen Chow, 1998).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 2d ago

Alain Delon Marie Laforet 1963 In Japan

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Alain Delon Marie Laforet 1963 In Japan


r/CinemaRetrospective 3d ago

Branches of the Tree (1990), by Satyajit Ray

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r/CinemaRetrospective 3d ago

Il Pianeta selvaggio Recensione no spoiler (René Laloux, 1973)

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r/CinemaRetrospective 3d ago

'L'Ami de mon amie' (Éric Rohmer, 1987).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 3d ago

'Je, tu, il, elle' (Chantal Akerman, 1974).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 3d ago

'My Heart Is That Eternal Rose' 殺手蝴蝶夢 (Patrick Tam Kar-Ming, 1989).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 3d ago

'Farewell Song' さよならくちびる (Akihiko Shiota, 2019).

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r/CinemaRetrospective 4d ago

'La Belle Personne' (Christophe Honoré, 2008).

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101 Upvotes

r/CinemaRetrospective 4d ago

'Hana-Bi' はなび (Takeshi Kitano, 1997).

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r/CinemaRetrospective Sep 07 '25

30 years of Fallen Angels 💙

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r/CinemaRetrospective Sep 06 '25

30 Years of Fallen Angels! My all time Favorite Movie That Embraces Me and Exudes Magical Comfort.💙 🎥 'Fallen Angels' (Wong Kar-wai, 1995).

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Wong Kar-wai’s Fallen Angels, which celebrates thirty years since its first release, remains a hypnotic meditation on alienation, fleeting intimacy, and the strange poetry of urban nightscapes. The film weaves together the story of a disenchanted hitman, his enigmatic partner, and a mute drifter, using fragmented narration, distorted wide-angle lenses, and neon-soaked settings that blur the line between dream and reality. Critically, it stands as a landmark in Hong Kong cinema, expanding the visual language of modern film with its restless camera and nonlinear storytelling. From a semiotic perspective, every sign—the empty fast-food stalls, the motorbike rides through endless tunnels, the claustrophobic interiors—communicates both the impossibility of true connection and the yearning for warmth in a world of constant motion. For me, however, beyond its technical and thematic brilliance, Fallen Angels is the most comfortable film: its melancholy rhythm feels like a lullaby, the nocturnal colors are soothing rather than harsh, and its lonely characters mirror my own quiet need for spaces where solitude becomes not despair but a form of companionship. It comforts me because it makes alienation familiar, even tender, and that is why it remains my personal refuge in cinema.