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Barbie 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
I watched barbie twice, once with a close friend and once with my mom(equipped with a critical lens that attempted to see beyond the glitz and glamor) but both screenings left me feeling vomity(especially the second)…imagine going to a buffet and impulsively eating everything on offer at once. This sensation perfectly captures how the film felt to me: an overload of eye-candy. The themes of female power and self-actualisation are presented in sugar-coated punch lines. I was, too, enchanted by…
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Cléo from 5 to 7 1962
Directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, and Agnès Varda are often brought up when we talk about the French New Wave. Varda, being the sole female director, trailblazes this movement from the female gaze and infuses her films with a different tone. This is best shown in ‘Cléo from 5 to 7’. From being viewed to possessing the power to view and perceive, the way Varda portrays Cleo’s transformation is breathtaking. In the process, Cleo is humanized, shedding her…
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