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  • Between the Temples

    ★★★★

  • The Pianist

    ★★★

  • 2073

    ★★★

  • The Last Showgirl

    ★★★★

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  • Between the Temples

    Between the Temples

    ★★★★

    This was a great movie, hilariously funny, moving, unique cinematography. Highly recommend. A bit like Wes Anderson about Judaism but not exactly. Or maybe I just think that because of Jason schwartzman who is amazing. I feel like this film could have gotten some attention at the Oscar’s but The New Yorker rated it one of the 10 best films of the year and I think it won some film festival awards.

    But I definitely appreciated it more being personally…

  • The Pianist

    The Pianist

    ★★★

    I saw this movie to see Adrien Brody in the other film he won academy award for best actor in 2002. It gave me more appreciation for The Brutalist which was an epic masterpiece in comparison to this. This movie won numerous academy awards which made me wonder, are movies just better now?

    Also interesting that Adrien Brody would win 2 academy awards as Holocaust survivors.

    The theme and history vitally important and I think the movie is a clear…

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  • The Last Showgirl

    The Last Showgirl

    ★★★★

    This movie was a big surprise. I had no desire to see it, like Babygirl and the Substance, two other movies this year that focus on mid fifties women - myself being one as well. A movie about an aging Las Vegas showgirl had no interest for me, but a friend enticed me to accompany her.

    This was an amazing film. Great acting by all major parts, great screenplay with a good number of totally unexpected twists and turns, a…

  • Bobi Wine: The People's President

    Bobi Wine: The People's President

    ★★★½

    I watched this movie in close proximity to when I watched the Navalny documentary and although I had never heard of Bobi Wine before seeing it, both these movies are amazing stories of brave opposition leaders. In the case of Bobi Wine campaigning against the dictator  of Uganda. He is a political figure, activist and very popular singer. Like Navalny, risking his life literally to fight for democracy in his country.

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