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Poor Things 2023
I’m too naive to understand arthouse but this is an organic piece of art wanting to explicate the complexities of personal development.
I have never seen an arthouse film before. This film moved me, I can never go back.
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Sweet Dreams 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Sweet Dreams (2023)
Directed and Written by Ena Sendijarević
Cinematography by Emo WeemhoffSweet Dreams is an absurd, satirical, comedy-drama set on a remote island in the Dutch East Indies during the 1800s. It navigates the themes of colonialism, power, and oppression as the story unfolds after the death of the patriarch of a colonial control in a local sugar plantation.
PRIOR TO WATCHING the film, I read reviews on letterboxd and tried to prepare myself on what to expect…
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Sister Stella L. 1984
This film reflects on the gravity of making a decision, and taking an action. It depicted the limitations of law, and the moral scope of legality. Indeed, in the picket line would the concrete conditions of the masses will truly unfold.
"Hindi lahat ng legal ay makatarungan", ironically, years later, the actress who played Sister Stella L., now a Philippine congress representative voted yes to inhumane and unjust Anti-Terrorism Law. In this recent turn of event, the film became more relevant, it has opened discussion on art and fascism.
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