beano

beano

Favorite films

  • Like Grains of Sand
  • Turumba
  • Paris, 13th District
  • Gimme Shelter

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  • Pride & Prejudice

  • No Other Land

  • Stories of Our Lives

  • The Archive: Queer Nigerians

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  • It Ends with Us

    It Ends with Us

    got thru a torrent for 12 minutes w/ Meg

  • Dreams in Nightmares

    Dreams in Nightmares

    I like how this movie has a fun sense of humor, explores black property ownership, traverses different moods, and 
    gives nuance to its lead characters, but I do not like how it stereotypes others. It was really disappointing to see the film take a turn towards stereotype halfway thru. Lost its integrity for me and was odd witnessing that given Leigh's influence on character construction. It would actually be more radical if everyone had a nuanced depiction lol. The result,…

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  • Why Did I Get Married?

    Why Did I Get Married?

    Sometimes you need to watch something bad

  • barrunto

    barrunto

    Really distinct in PoV, visuals, editing.. something to say about the continuum of body+earth, earth+body. It could wash over you and it very much wants to but this goal is unfortunately hampered by a reliance on speech, despite what it has to say about naming, labels, differentiation etc. Of course, the poetry and prose is significant, but the imagery just as if not more. Wish there was less talk.