isabella

isabella

Favorite films

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Return to Seoul
  • The Water

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  • On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

    ★★★★★

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    ★★★★

  • A Real Pain

    ★★★★★

  • Ballot

    ★★★★½

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  • On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

    On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

    ★★★★★

    this was so so good. visceral

  • A Real Pain

    A Real Pain

    ★★★★★

    I loved this movie… crying right now thinking about the concentration camp visit scene. The portrayal of the social dynamics between the cousins & with the group is incisive and funny, the depiction of depression feels vivid. Gab & I talked at length about how well the film captures the nuances of being depressed—the sensitivity to the world, the intense desire for deeper, more caring connections, the frustration at anyone you see as uncaring. It was beautifully and gently shot and scored,…

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  • Challengers

    Challengers

    ★★★½

    girl next to me stood up walked out with 15 min left at the windy car scene we laughed so hard

    it was pretty good but i don’t feel like it had enough to say… it was a film about obsession and passion and guys being bad about friendship but what ABOUT obsession and passion and true love you know??? also the sound design was not for me and i think it could’ve been tightened up. there were some moments…

  • My Father is a Playboy

    My Father is a Playboy

    ★★★½

    first vietnamese movie! it was wild. like the chronotope of this movie was just so different than what i’m used to in the west… i thought it was a lighthearted comedy about fatherly love and then it was kinda soapy??? a daughter dies??? wondering if maybe leaning into the sadness and melodrama of life is just in my dna 🤣

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