I struggle to place my feelings with this film and I can feel myself wanting to like it more but being unable to. I can see the attempt of Sean Baker to portray the life of a sex worker in a “humane” way (whatever that means) and I can clearly see where the film deviates from Anora (or Ani as she prefers) to its style/genre. The main bulk of the film focuses on the hunt for Vanya/Ivan after he leaves…
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Officer Black Belt 2024
i feel this film had so much potential with jeong-do 😭 he’s a sportsperson and gamer, both “areas” where ppl are known to be hyper competitive bracket negative. especially being played by woo bin which naturally gives the character a certain fearless, fiesty but with a Backstory™️ look. maybe that’s a bit cliche in this day and age and maybe i miss tony stark HSJDHD, but i felt like jeong-do’s characterisation ended up falling short and it just became a…
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Singapore GaGa 2005
damn this is my return to letterboxd and also to watching films. my first film in literal months cos of horrible burnout and damn… what a perfect film for that. it’s both nostalgic and a past im curious about, having my childhood in the early 2000s and experiencing that in-between of singapore gradually losing older cultural practices and making an effort to conserve parts of heritage and history.
i do recall watching buskers with my parents as a kid, experiencing…
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