Reflections from watching 100 movies + favorites from 2025
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I can't go back to anime
Reflections from watching 100 movies + favorites from 2025 I can't go back to anime Carmen Jan 01, 2026 48 10 1 Share I made it a goal this year to get into movies. I didn’t grow up watching them, and slowly accumulated a backlog of cultural references and memories of awed reactions from friends who told me such-and-such film had changed them. But beyond my desire to stay in the loop, I wanted to understand cinema as an art form and tool for self-inquiry. What makes a film great? Do the “greatest films of all time” live up to the hype? And more specifically, how do I engage with the medium? Wh
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