Favorite films

Recent reviews

• 

  Chocolat 1988

  Watched 17 Feb 2019

  Claire Denis' debut film is the semi-autobiographical story of a French family stationed in colonial Cameroon. Suffused with hidden emotions, longing and passion, Denis explores race and colonialism with the empathetic and muted gaze of her camera.

  twitter.com/Pinastri3/status/1097358980509245440

• 

  Black Panthers 1968

  Watched 16 Feb 2019

  Agnès Varda's breathtaking film documents the protests that ensued in Oakland after Huey P. Newton's arrest. The film is a time capsule of late 60's leftist politics and captures the birth of what would become a nationwide movement.

  twitter.com/Pinastri3/status/1096921122766053376

Popular reviews

• 

  Black Orpheus 1959

  Watched 08 Feb 2019

  Marcel Camus adapts the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice by way of 20th century Rio de Janeiro Carnaval. Critically lauded upon release, Black Orpheus is an enduring classic that will continue to enchant audiences for a long time to come.

  twitter.com/Pinastri3/status/1094037929742209024

• 

  White Dog 1982

  Added

  Is racism learned? If so can it be unlearned? That is the question Fuller poses with this film. The plot follows the story of a woman who takes in a stray dog (only to discover it's been trained to kill black people) and her struggles to cure it.

  twitter.com/Pinastri3/status/1092606156659458048

Following