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  The Battle of Algiers 1966

  ★★★★★ Watched 04 Feb 2025

  What france did to algeria was exactly the same as what israel has been doing to palestine. This was a fantastic movie about fighting for independence through armed resistance, civil unrest, solidarity among the working class, women (using frenchpassing as a method/strategy), and children for an eventual liberation!

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  A Brother and 7 Siblings 2024

  Watched 23 Jan 2025

  First of all, I would like to personally thank Yandy Laurens for making a movie about caregiving and putting the caregiver front and centre as the main protagonist. Finally, after so many films I have seen that still regarded the caregivers’ struggles as an afterthought. I still have some critiques tho, especially on the aspect of ‘piety’ (berbakti, kesalehan). 

  Sejak pertama kali lihat posternya, ku langsung “it’s giving Kore-eda. This is Kore-eda coded”. Pas nonton, emang benar. Tema ‘found family’,…

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  Dear David 2023

  Watched 09 Feb 2023 4

  Beberapa keanehan di film yang lagi2 dipuji di twitter:

  1. David adalah korban objektifikasi dan pelecehan seksual tapi kenapa resolusi dan solidaritas dengan penulis cerita fantasi tentang dia (yang juga korban) adalah bersekongkol untuk dekat dengan cewek yang dia suka? Solidaritas antara sesama korban harusnya lebih ditunjukkan di sini untuk mengungkap, membalas, mengkritik penyebar (pelaku) dan institusi yang melindunginya yakni institusi sekolah (enabler) 

  Memang di akhir ada adegan di mana institusi sekolahnya di call out di muka umum tapi terkesan…

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  Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway 2023

  Watched 17 Mar 2023

  A powerful anti colonial movie that bravely calls out white colonialism & nationalism, systemic abuse-racism-discrimination, patriarchy, conspiracy.

  A story about a mother who never holds back fighting for her rights and her children against Norway’s white nationalism & racism and India’s patriarchy. There’s also a strong element of women solidarity especially amongst immigrants and Rani Mukerji is phenomenal!

  I can totally understand why this movie receives such bad reviews on RT so far. However, don't mind the suspicious number. This movie should be in conversations for best international film for this year and Mukerji should be considered for best actress in many of the upcoming awards.