Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
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“Midsommar” (2019) directed by Ari Aster dives into the fear of being alone through the eyes of Dani (Florence Pugh). Dani, her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor), and their friends Pelle (Vilhelm Blomgren), Josh (William Jackson Harper), and Mark (Will Poulter) go on a trip to Pelle’s village Harga in Sweden. The movie immerses the audience into Harga’s tradition through dances, chants, and other practices. Midsummer is an annual event that takes place in mid-June, around the summer solstice. Midsommar borrows…
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“Hereditary” (2018) directed by Ari Aster and written by Ari Aster immerse us into the life of the Grahams, a Caucasian middle-class family who is going through the loss of the grandmother of the family. The Grahams are composed of 4 family members: The father Steve (Gabriel Byrne), the mother Annie (Toni Collette), the daughter Charlie (Millie Shapiro), and the son Peter (Alex Wolff).
The actors of this movie, especially Toni Collette as Annie provides us an array of well-executed…
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In "Rosemary's Baby" (1968) directed by Roman Polanski, Rosemary played by Mia Farrow and her husband Guy played by John Cassavetes moves into a luxurious apartment in New York. Rosemary is introduced as a lovely and cheerful woman. The movie starts out slow with a couple moving in their new place and getting familiar with their neighbors. The movie both starts and ends with a melancholic tune portraying the sad yet hopeful feeling that Rosemary felt after giving birth.
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Helen Lyle, played by Virginia Madsen, is a graduate student from the University of Chicago, Illinois, who is working on her thesis on urban legends and is interested in the legend of the Candyman. The Candyman, played by Tony Todd, is a malevolent creature who looks like a man and has hooks for hands. He only exists through people's beliefs about him. He requires that a person stands in front of a mirror and say his name 5 times. Helen…