Avantika

Avantika

a wannabe film bro but more anarcho feminist and pretentious

Favorite films

  • The Virgin Suicides
  • Dog Day Afternoon
  • CODA
  • Parasite

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  • Women Talking

    ★★★½

  • Women Talking

    ★★★½

  • Uncle Frank

    ★★★

  • The Squid and the Whale

    ★★★★

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  • Women Talking

    Women Talking

    ★★★½

    Watching this film on Independence Day was not something I had anticipated since I didn’t even know it was available on a streaming platform in India, but I’m glad I did because no experience is more symbolic of freedom, than one that starts of with a certain conformity to the lack of it.
    Women Talking isn’t as visually brilliant as other films out there, and while cinema is challenging our perception of the world and possibilities of actualisation through technical…

  • The Squid and the Whale

    The Squid and the Whale

    ★★★★

    I truly love Baumbach and his presentation of familial dysfunctionality. Its disgusting and delectable at the same time. I want to slap it across its face and give it a warm hug in quick succession, quite like how you are with real family. The discomfort is charming, the pain is real and Jesse Eisenberg being an insufferable, overtly intellectual 16 year old Jewish boy is his audition tape for The Social Network (like seriously, has this guy been slouching since…

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  • Dhuin

    Dhuin

    ★★★★

    The urban, English speaking elite don’t just have an unjustifiable hold on deciding what qualifies as art but also on who practice it and how they interpret it; the approach towards art is societally standardised, hence making its practice inaccessible to those who may not conform to this standard.
    In addition to beautifully highlighting the stifling nature of such an environment, Dhuin also raises questions on what the cost of pursuing art is, or rather, what the cost of pursuing a…

  • The Whale

    The Whale

    ★★★★★

    I have spent the last few months painstakingly analysing the average parent-child relationship. I've not just contemplated over what it takes to become a parent and the actual act of parenting, but also what it takes to exist as one. I’ve never been able to reach a conclusive answer, let alone articulate it for people. But what seemed to be a simple movie watching experience today gave me substantial food for thought. I hope to answer some questions for myself,…

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