Abbas Mahfouz

Abbas Mahfouz

Let my own lack of voice be heard

Favorite films

  • Lost in Translation
  • Trainspotting
  • Pierrot le Fou
  • La Notte

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  • A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

    ★★★★½

  • Closely Watched Trains

    ★★★★½

  • Nomadland

    ★★★

  • Heaven Knows What

    ★★★★½

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  • Heaven Knows What

    Heaven Knows What

    ★★★★½

    Heaven Knows What really perfects the illusion that nothing in it is staged, it lets you suspend your disbelief just long enough before reminding you you’re watching a film.


    While the Safdies’ later character studies would put into prominence their ability to weave a plot and captivate audiences through precisely crafted backdrops and settings, Heaven Knows What is similar to their earlier the Pleasure of Being Robbed, and the legacy of (sort of) cinema verite, that really makes me think…

  • Repo Man

    Repo Man

    ★★★

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