clarydoyle

clarydoyle

Favorite films

  • Do the Right Thing
  • 20th Century Women
  • Annie Hall
  • Spirited Away

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  • 20th Century Women

    ★★★★★

  • My Dinner with Andre

    ★★★★½

  • Adaptation.

    ★★★★½

  • No Other Land

    ★★★★½

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  • 20th Century Women

    20th Century Women

    ★★★★★

    This is an essential watch!!!!! Although it sets out to answer the question “does a boy need a father figure to become a man?”, it actually is all about the women., hence the title. The three female leads represent different eras of feminists—the mother is the first wave that got rights, were the “firsts” in their fields. Abbie is the more “radical” feminist—the ones who seek to destigmatize  menstruation and sexual pleasure. And Julia is the last generation of the…

  • My Dinner with Andre

    My Dinner with Andre

    ★★★★½

    Me and Elora under an overpass in Bellevue.

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  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

    ★★★★½

    “You ruined my life you fat fuck” …so funny. I guess he fails to make a movie simply about flowers but also, isn’t it a little about flowers? Adapting is surviving.  To adapt the book and make it survive is to change it a little.

  • No Other Land

    No Other Land

    ★★★★½

    The subtlety of this documentary is the greatest thing about it. It does not try to be political despite the fact that the viewer keeps wondering what has happened to these people now that the war has raged for over a year. Instead it gives glimpses into the life of a young man: his family, his education, his friendship with an Israeli man, his smoking.

    His life and the lives of everyone in his village are consumed by one daily…

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