Very impressed with Kapadia's ability to bring in cityscape and soundscape to All We Imagine As Light — as we enter an era of AI-driven sameness, it's thrilling to experience the thrum of different languages and social classes that are very much of a specific time and place. Think there's a resulting price to pay in making Mumbai the most interesting character, though, and the storytelling often feels blinkered by its light narrative touch, reminding me of American indies in their satisfaction with raising topical issues but not really engaging with them deeply. I expect Kapadia to wreck me with her next film.
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A very decent melodrama enriched by its immersion in the culture of its setting, off the coast of Venezuela, and strong performances. I too would ruin my life for Virginia Luque. A bit predictable, though, and the copy I watched had the worst video quality of any film I've ever seen.
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Tears in my eyes as I think: "If Ahmed Zaki can't get laid in Egypt, who can?"
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"The Iranian revolutionary experience is a guideline for Third World countries to learn from. Not only the Third World, but also the Western world. It's a step forward in the political and social history of the world, I feel. And all this talk of reactionary Islam and returning to the 15th century ... it's all nonsense, really."
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