Althea Forstner-Manoli

Althea Forstner-Manoli

i love movies almost as much as i love forming overly passionate opinions on them.

Favorite films

  • Get Out
  • Moonlight
  • Poor Things
  • Emma.

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  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★½

  • Sweet Charity

    ★★★★½

  • Wicked

    ★★★★★

  • Wicked

    ★★★★★

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  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★★½

    i knew from the cover this had to be a good one, the dynamic between the two is just so perfect and raw. both actors are so good at balancing humor and deep emotion.
    while kieran did an incredible performance, i think jesse's performance goes less recognized. watching jesse's seemingly stable character breakdown gave us a good eye into what a great writer and actor jesse is.

  • Sweet Charity

    Sweet Charity

    ★★★★½

    "And she lived hopefully ever after"

    Not once in the movie could I have been sure where Charity would end up, and the ending is definitely not one that crossed my mind. It surprised me how forward Fosse made the ending, given its been more recently that movies stray away from the idea of needing a man. I love how Bob Fosse's works age so well and still have so much meaning today, so I'm hopeful to see a remake…

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  • Billy Elliot

    Billy Elliot

    ★★★★½

    billy you would've loved chappell roan

  • The Little Mermaid

    The Little Mermaid

    ★★★★★

    beautiful.
    i am so grateful this movie could be made (despite how many years it took). knowing how much this movie is about to do for our world is incredible. representation carry’s such an important role in self-love, confidence, standards, and our society. knowing that less children will have to grow up as my sister and i did, yearning to have straight voluminous hair such as Ariels, and can now grow up knowing there isn’t one hair style, eye color, hair…