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What a beautiful film! The choice to use non-actors was brilliant, as this film feels entirely real and true. I was absolutely engrossed by this simple story filled with immense complexity, dealing with family politics, gender, the working class, tradition, the encroachment of the new, among many others. Beautifully shot as well, the film had many frames that looked like paintings. Beautiful and quietly devastating, yet hopeful. 9/10.

A lovely film about late 20-somethings in late-90s Argentina. Though quite slow for the first 30mins, it then starts to feel utterly transportive, taking you to another place and time. The film is imbued with that lovely ambling 90s vibe, where someone putting on a fur coat can enthral, so past comparisons to Jarmusch or Kurasmaki films are definitely valid. B+

I am a huge Guadagnino fan, so I see all his films. Loved this crazy follow-up to Call Me By Your Name. He applies his flair for melodrama to the horror genre, which I rarely watch admittedly, with aplomb. It's really confident filmmaking, which has polarized fans of the original, which I have never seen, admittedly. But like all his films, it gives you a heightened vibe and tone and photography and editing style. And The 70s film vibe hasn't been so well-realised since...the 70s... or maybe The Love Witch. For Suspiria, the film craft is at a massively high level. The choreography is next-level. And Tilda Swinton's multi-performances are brilliant. I'll admit some of the digi felt out of place near the end of the film, but perhaps some of these 1-star hater-reviewers should try to make a film and see how easy it is...