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Favorite films

  • Mean Girls
  • Interstellar
  • Burlesque
  • Scarface

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  • The Substance

    ★★★½

  • High & Low – John Galliano

    ★★★★

  • Poor Things

    ★★★

  • Priscilla

    ★★★★½

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★½

    Excuse my vocabulary but this movie is weird as f*. I couldn’t even look at the screen in some parts, especially in the end. However, Demi Moore’s work is impressive personating an actress whose great days have gone by and wants to relive her glory. 

    This movie shows us (in an exaggerated way) what women would go through just to look good. Especially nowadays, with the popularity of cosmetic procedures and even ozempic, women worldwide are capable of exchanging their…

  • High & Low – John Galliano

    High & Low – John Galliano

    ★★★★

    John Galliano is one of my favorite designers and I was excited to see this documentary. The title makes justice to what we see: how an incredibly successful man that seems to have it all falls in the deepest of lows. 

    He comes from an abusive family context and when starts to achieve success, he falls again in a merciless and exhausting circle: working in a insatiable atmosphere as it is the fashion industry. He confronts addiction and has little…

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  • Poor Things

    Poor Things

    ★★★

    Even tho I liked the fact that this movie is set in a “different world” and offers an unusual perspective we are not used to, I found it weird and disturbing: it shows a sexualized view of a mentally diseased “child”. I liked the idea but not how it was executed in some parts.

  • Priscilla

    Priscilla

    ★★★★½

    At the beginning, I thought this movie was going to romanticize an abusive relationship between a grown up adult and a 14 year old girl. However, it is nothing like that. It’s Sofia Coppola, so of course her movies are going to be aesthetically pleasing together with focusing on giving women a voice of their own. The portrayal of the relationship between Elvis and Priscilla is excellent. Through the beginning of their relationship and until Priscilla is an adult woman,…

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