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  Portrait of a Lady on Fire 2019

  ★★★★½ Watched 13 Feb 2025

  every shot in this film could be a renaissance painting
  “being free is being alone?” and then i silently screamed “nooooooo”
  everything was so empathetic and real it’s actually surreal
  like it’s been ages since i’ve seen a film and felt the love and care put into it by the creators through the screen
  wow wow wow
  also the way music is used in this film is also truly special and if i understood musical theory better i’d be going nuts
  i’m already going nuts this movie was great 🔥🔥
  that last scene is me all day tomorrow 🔥🔥🔥🔥 
  (this was written on 13th february 2025)

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  September 5 2024

  ★½ Watched 11 Feb 2025 1

  the EPITOME of israeli normalisation. why does this film exist, other than to victimise the oppressors and their successful oppressive regime of zionism? the film goes the (definitely intentional) lengths to avoid making any real quote-unquote political statement, painting the conflict as a one-sided injustice which sees ‘israel’ as the sole victims, justifying zionism as a necessary colonial project post-holocaust. it would not be outrageous to say that the production/ consumption of media like this, is a key reason why…

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  Emilia Pérez 2024

  ½ Rewatched 06 Feb 2025

  this film doesn’t deserve the grace of a review and i also don’t feel like i can speak at large about why its bad without directing you to the perspectives of trans people and mexicans. so i’m just gonna update this with as many sources i can find about and you can read it if you like

  transkidsdeservebetter.org/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaagvbRpoUn6lfdB_rQHIWMib2gEGyRSYXfavDeeCKlNyEmqm4nrB-YgW6U_aem_0_5QTt9QlAyvNNFV0eT0Lw
  (TransKidsDeserveBetter)
  transactual.org.uk/advocacy/critiques-of-the-cass-review/
  (Transactual)
  youtu.be/v1eWIshUzr8?si=jDQweePhZi-6mDuD
  (Philosophy Tube)
  glaad.org/emilia-perez-is-not-good-trans-representation/
  (gladd.org)
  youtu.be/jmsWzPl5IaU?si=v5PeYv6QuRswpaW5
  (Jessie Gender)
  www.them.us/story/emilia-perez-awards-season-discussion-transgender-representation
  (them.us)

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  Do the Right Thing 1989

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 04 Dec 2024

  “[…], Rob Base, Dana Dane, Marley Marl, Olatunji, Chuck D, Ray Charles, EPMD, EU, Alberta Hunter, Run-D.M.C., Stetsasonic, Sugar Bear, John Coltrane, Big Daddy Kane, Salt-n-Pepa, Luther Vandross, McCoy Tyner, Biz Markie, New Edition, Otis Redding, Anita Baker, Thelonious Monk, Marcus Miller, Branford Marsalis, James Brown, Wayne Shorter, Tracy Chapman, Miles Davis, Force MDs, Oliver Nelson, Fred Wesley, Maceo, Janet Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, George Clinton, Count Basie, Mtume, Stevie Wonder, Bobby McFerrin, Dexter Gordon,…