ALYSSA YEO

ALYSSA YEO

yes welcome to my treasure (trash) trove of opinions on cinema

Favorite films

  • Maurice
  • The Remains of the Day
  • Amadeus
  • The Wailing

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  • Lessons in Chemistry

    ★★★★½

  • Lessons in Chemistry

    ★★★★½

  • National Theatre Live: Prima Facie

    ★★★★½

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★

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  • Lessons in Chemistry

    Lessons in Chemistry

    ★★★★½

    On a less serious note, welcome Lewis Pullman to my white boy of the month roster!

  • Lessons in Chemistry

    Lessons in Chemistry

    ★★★★½

    this show embodies my entire philosophy in life kinda 

    usually the message is to not let personal tragedies define us, but that’s one of my favourite things about this - Elizabeth’s personal tragedy, the biggest loss she’s ever faced, does define the rest of her journey in some way she cannot control. yet there is still beauty to be found, friends to love, communities to be a part of, new paths to chart, despite what was taken. 

    a beautiful, nuanced…

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  • The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

    The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

    ★★★★

    i forgive Andrew Lloyd Webber for making Cats

  • Farewell China

    Farewell China

    ★★★★½

    this was incredibly traumatizing. A very authentic, symbolic, honest and depressing take on the immigrant’s reality. This obscure deep-in-the-archives film deserves to be unearthed in today’s light for its sledgehammer-like relevance to our political climate.