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Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart 1985
Criterion Challenge 2025 - #30
very super sweet and touching in a sort of strange way. not in the traditional sense of familial closure or sudden emotional turn (i.e. someone dies, something sad happens), but by passively showing us the progression of sadness in a very normal family.
the general premise of “old cultural family values” being imposed on the “new generation” isn’t necessarily an original one, but the fact that this came out in 1985 and is about an…
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Naked Childhood 1968
Criterion Challenge #47
as crushing as it is warmit’s really difficult for me to watch any film, set in france, about a child and not immediately think about 400 Blows, and that comparison sort of had me disillusioned at first (when it seems like his life, in the film, is just going to be a succession of mishaps and maltreatments and suffering) but that quickly turned around when he meets the family of grandparents, who are the antithesis of…
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La Haine 1995
The best movie ever made, the best theater experience I’ve ever had. SIFF Uptown, sold out crowd, awesome people there.
A life highlight and I’m not even exaggerating.
When I got in my car I had to drive back past the theater to get home and I decided to blast La Haine by Cut Killer cause I thought it would be cool. I hope people heard it and thought it was cool too.
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