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  • Miss Lonely

  • Dìdi (弟弟)

    ★★★

  • Fallen Angels

    ★★★★

  • The Taste of Things

    ★★★

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  • Miss Lonely

    Miss Lonely

    something particularly heartbreaking about falling for someone who is lonely / likes being alone, esp for a first love

  • Dìdi (弟弟)

    Dìdi (弟弟)

    ★★★

    I really wanted to love this film, to bawl, to feel my my heart strings strung…but I thought it fell a bit short!! Sad

    The film started and I could not stop smiling as childhood sights, comforting familial interactions, etc. danced and flashed across the screen. 

    My favorite parts of the movie were the storyline between the grandma and the mother. Perhaps the sister and the brother. And the persistence reminder that life is HARD…oh and the 2010s internet UI…

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  • The Taste of Things

    The Taste of Things

    ★★★

    Overall, thought it was a good story with great visuals and really phenomenal sounds
    play. I enjoyed how the plot really captures subtleties of love, and something of a true Partnership. The film minute by minute was not really my tempo though…I wasn’t enraptured!!! Definitely walking away with some distinct shots and phrases though

  • Perfect Days

    Perfect Days

    ★★★★

    In the same way some East Asian cuisines are light/gentle on the palette, this movie is light and subtle on the plot. 

    Feels reminiscent of a slice of life - we get his everyday. We watch him go through his routine, as simple and undisturbed. Naturally as time proceeds and his routine repeats, he experiences external absurdities (i.e, the tic tac toe, the homeless man dazing, the girl eating a sandwich on the bench, Takashi’s journey) as well as heavier…

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