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ashley

Favorite films

  • Moonlight
  • Stop Making Sense
  • Monsters University
  • Dog Day Afternoon

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  • Sing Sing

    ★★★★★

  • Flower Boy: A Conversation

  • Big Fish

    ★★

  • Jay-Z: MTV Unplugged

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  • Sing Sing

    Sing Sing

    ★★★★★

    i cried so much my head hurts 

    honestly this one was really watched by 14 year old me who had her heart broken by Kalief Browder and truly hasn’t recovered since. people always ask “what radicalized you” and i think his death cracked my brain in a way that im so grateful for but the hurt that my heart has carried from it is the thing that has driven me and motivated me to learn and read and do in a way…

  • Flower Boy: A Conversation

    Flower Boy: A Conversation

    i want this but for igor 

    cherry bomb’s “all over the place” reputation is so crazy to me because it was the piece of music from him i felt most aligned with at one point and there’s so much magic on it i wish it would get the recognition it deserves

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  • Adolescence

    Adolescence

    ★★★★½

    don’t even know where to begin i was so moved by this. 

    i had felt slightly skeptical going in because i knew the content and social issues it would attempt to cover but i feel like this is the best portrayal of those issues ive seen in a piece of media in years, and for the sake of being a contrarian i approached this with the feeling that Jamie was innocent and in a lot of ways i would defend…

  • Better Man

    Better Man

    ★★★½

    okay castro was right or something i suppose blah blah blah

    i honestly approached this in a kind of unserious way but i couldn’t believe how serious it was and how much emotion i truly got wrapped up in it,, the showing of Robbie’s demons and inner self doubt was so well done it felt terrifying but so accurate for how it feels truly when you’ve gotten something you wanted for so long and you’re still terrified of failure but…