Letterboxd — Your life in film

My experiences watching Only Yesterday aren't unique. In fact I think, much in the spirit of the film, they are retable and shared by many of us.

I saw the film in 2015 and I liked it, but didn't quite love it. Whatever my expectations were at the time, it was certainly not the kind of film I thought I was going to see. Surprisingly though, both my brother and I agreed that it was a film we'd appreciate a…

Cinematic excellence across the board.

I know most of these movies are dismissed as "dumb action movies" and that doesn't really bother me. Nor do I think an action movie needs to be "smart" to be respectable.

However, this entry really did a lot to sum up the themes of the series: Sticking to "rules" is a loser's game especially when the rules are made principally to serve those at the top and can be changed at a whim by…