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  • ¡Las Sandinistas!

    ★★½

  • The Shock Doctrine

    ★★★½

  • Dope Is Death

    ★★★★½

  • Israelism

    ★★★

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  • ¡Las Sandinistas!

    ¡Las Sandinistas!

    ★★½

    well. 
    first hour of the documentary is… almost fine. it effectively communicates the necessity of a “revolution within a revolution” as a step in the struggle for women’s liberation. unfortunately this discussion is very limited to “men just don’t like women so they’re mean to us 🤷💔”  and severely lacks any sort of material analysis. 
    the last 20 minutes of the documentary are just U.S.-backed, anti-FSLN propaganda. a lot of facts are presented in an intentionally misleading way (for example:…

  • The Shock Doctrine

    The Shock Doctrine

    ★★★½

    fuck ewan cameron. fuck milton friedman. fuck the cia. close guantanamo bay. death to america. 

    in all seriousness, the documentary was pretty good, but the book is significantly better and is able to analyze these events in a more in-depth way. i also feel like the filmmakers put a weird emphasis on the chicago boys instead of focusing on the inherent evils of free market capitalism. the chicago boys were brought up in multiple sections when it just wasn’t necessary…

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  • All Too Well: The Short Film

    All Too Well: The Short Film

    ★★★★½

    "the greatest films of all time were never made," my ass, miss swift.

  • Bottoms

    Bottoms

    ★★★★★

    perfect movie

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