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Perfect Days 2023
If we weren’t so busy discussing others, blinded by our obsession with success, fame, and climbing the social ladder, perhaps we’d live better lives. Perfect Days took me across the ocean, where I discovered the beauty, simplicity, and grace of a humble life that provides everything, if only we take the time to listen. The protagonist nurtures it, much like he tends to his small plants.
Perfect Days is sweet and slow, but if you open your heart, you’ll see…
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Babygirl 2024
Babygirl is a film that seeks to provoke, attempting to do so on multiple levels. I’m glad it finally tries to present a female perspective, tackling compromises between work, success, family, and one’s deepest desires, as well as themes like female empowerment, sexual repression, and monogamy. It aims to speak to everyone and almost educate the viewer…it tries.
But everything is orchestrated rather blandly. Not a single scene made me feel truly on edge or excited. And yet, the film…
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The Substance 2024
I started watching this movie alone in the cinema, and within minutes, I felt compelled to jot down a couple of adjectives on my phone—not entirely negative, to my surprise. The film is unmistakably American, set in Hollywood as its aesthetic and setting demand. At first, it seemed to promise a tone that unfortunately dissipates as the movie unfolds.
From the beginning, it felt tailored to a younger audience, with wide-angle and fisheye shots, "modern" perspectives akin to smartphone or…
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