Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Farewell 2019

  ★★★★½ Watched 18 Mar 2025

  oh to be Asian and hold strong family values, almost not knowing boundaries, to carry guilt and emotional burden, to be religious, etc etc...

  below are some quotes that really hit me

  how are you doing with money?
  i'm fine
  can you afford this trip?
  yes, i'm fine
  do you need help,
  no, i'm fine

  no matter which passport i hold or where i am in this world, i'm still Chinese

  i know it was hard. it was hard for…

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  In the Mood for Love 2000

  ★★★★½ Watched 02 Mar 2025

  i didn't think you'd fall in love with me

  I didn't either. I was only curious to know how it started. Now I know. Feelings can creep up just like that. I thought I was in control.

  duaaaaar!!!

  i looooved a lot of shots and camera movements. I really like the storyline too, the jumpy plot, the rizzzzzzz in the dialogues. i would defo smash Mr. Chow?! But also I had to think of my ex and his tie collection throughout the whole film...
  Oh and MAY THIS KIND OF LOVE NEVER FIND ME.

Popular reviews

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  The Exiles 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 12 Oct 2023

  my Mom, born '79, talked about the coup d'état a lot because she, the producer Lola Amaria alike, was seeking for truth and answers to her curiosity. I had attended public schools prior to moving abroad after the 9th grade, and was never taught about the lost generation of Indonesian intellectuals in history classes. Thanks to this film, I do know more now. And to realize that I come from a country that held a history of both colonization as…

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  Babygirl 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 27 Feb 2025

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.