ajmuth

ajmuth

Favorite films

  • Jennifer's Body
  • Fight Club
  • Bend It Like Beckham
  • The Social Network

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  • Anora

    ★★★½

  • Aattam

    ★★★½

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★★★

  • Picture This

    ★★★

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★½

    For me, so much of this movie can be summarized in Ani looking up at Vanya on the steps of the plane, making a choice, and asking him if he had fun. I saw so much happen on Madison’s face (a repeated excellence through the film) — her flip back to placing this within her large Rolodex of predictable client interactions. 

    To me, Ani’s face flipping through those poles — my trick, my husband— is what’s most interesting 

    By the…

  • Aattam

    Aattam

    ★★★½

    12 angry men but malayali and with a DEEPLY satisfying ending, I’m very glad I watched. A very well balanced portrayal of both a realistic victim and a realistic response, every part of this movie seemed very authentic to me

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  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

    ★★★★½

    To everyone saying this is like a Wikipedia deep dive, I guess, but one I doubt the vast majority of people are capable of putting together themselves. Like, the average night of clicking links and following trails relates very little to this documentary, which has a monumental level of guidance, structure, and timing. 

    Like, are you googling videos of the Goethe orchestra before then jumping into videos of mercenaries claiming they’re not just “(slur) killers” because they’re classy enough to…

  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★★

    Listen I’m not that smart but this rocked socks I didn’t even know I had. 

    Clearly related to both Okja and snowpiercer, but also hilariously Challengers and also maybe dr Strangelove in terms of satirical war movies. Saw this in imax, it’s laugh out loud funny but also so serious about death, in a way I rarely really feel in movies

    Pattinson is, so fucking good, and I’m not even biased by my crush on him.  Loved the focus on…

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