Emily

Emily

Favorite films

  • Arrival
  • Drive My Car
  • Marie Antoinette
  • An Easy Girl

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  • Companion

    ★★★½

  • Zola

    ★★★★

  • MaXXXine

    ★★★★

  • Purple Noon

    ★★★★★

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  • Companion

    Companion

    ★★★½

    Hell hath no fury like a sex robot scorned

  • Zola

    Zola

    ★★★★

    Boys suck

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  • Red Rooms

    Red Rooms

    ★★★★½

    From the first scene with the red typeface I knew I’d love this movie. Amazing performances, slow build of tension leading to fantastic climax. Not gratuitous by any means- handled a difficult subject with elegance. 

    Obsession was the key word. I liked the technological angle, felt very accurate- “one nation under CCTV” and all that. 

    Watched director/producer q&a and they clearly put a lot of thought into being ethical in research and production. Maybe Quebec is real after all! 

    Score is excellent. Very unique sound design (director said his brother did the music?)

  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★★★

    This isn’t a story about romance. It’s a story about making it.

    I saw a somebody comment on TikTok that the problem is that Ani “doesn’t have self respect” . I could imagine the pity in their voice. But Ani does respect herself. That’s why it’s so devastating when other characters in the movie dismiss her as an escort. 

    She sees herself as a hustler, a winner, a fighter. She stands up for herself at every turn. She fights back. 

    She…

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