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  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    ★★★★½

  • Whiplash

    ★★★★

  • Love Actually

    ★★★★★

  • Wicked

    ★★★★½

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  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    ★★★★½

    “when do we know it’s finished?
    at one point, we stop.”

    my heart breaks over and over again with every rewatch of this film. the yearning. page 28. the final scene, vividly nauseating.

  • Whiplash

    Whiplash

    ★★★★

    “unfortunately this is not a Bette Midler concert. we will not be serving cosmopolitans and baked Alaska, so just play faster than you give hand jobs, will you?”

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★★

    please, please fix Margaret Qualley’s lashes. we can’t have America’s sweetheart pumping it up with uneven strip lashes x

    my eyes devoured Fargeat’s cyclical, gutsy exploration of self, ageing and addiction. I loved the in-your-face, fluorescent, 80s-esque visuals and comedically enthralling shots, coupled with grotesque depictions of being. with lots of ass! followed by LOTS of blood! the film felt thematically void of deeper substance, with any details locking the narrative into reality missing. this choice coupled with the spoon-feeding…

  • Wicked

    Wicked

    ★★★★½

    so magical! so fun! but oh so long!! rather than building tension I feel like the stretched out second half led to a loss of momentum (and unbridled restlessness from the younger audience at the cinema). I absolutely adored the costume and set design which truly added so much magic to the film. Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey made some very fun choices, with musical numbers “What Is This Feeling,” “Dancing Through Life” and “Popular” standing out, translating…