Ahmed El Assy

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If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use is the rule?

Favorite films

  • Cure
  • Cinema Paradiso
  • Sideways
  • Marshland

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  • Anora

    ★★½

  • I'm Still Here

    ★★★½

  • Strange Darling

    ★★★★

  • The Substance

    ★★★★

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★½

    I do kind of understand what Baker was going for - representing and immersing us in the world and the life of a sex worker, but immersed I was unfortunately not.
    Apart from Madison's great performance and commitment, ironically, and against what Baker might have tried to go for, most characters were represented in a very shallow, stereotypical, and one dimensional way, as well as dialogue that was forgettable and primitive, and occasionally going for cheap jokes that don't add…

  • I'm Still Here

    I'm Still Here

    ★★★½

    Smile!
    Slightly predictable from its longline but still touching and with some great performances and beautiful cinematography, production design, and great (yet sparse at times) choices of music.
    It is a film about defiance not just towards tyranny but also towards time, about family, about leaving a mark behind, about nostalgia,...

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★

    🤯🤢
    The Substance doesn't deliver it's point, it dresses it up in a grotesque body that makes Frankenstein look like it could win beauty pageants, slits it's throat with a rusty razor, and then blows it's guts up all over the audience and show business executives.
    I don't think I will be able to eat shrimps ever again or watch Dennis Quaid eat.

  • Chinatown

    Chinatown

    ★★★★★

    One of the best Noirs ever made. Phenomenal story, acting, and a very brave choice of ending

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