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Favorite films

  • The Handmaiden
  • Oldboy
  • Scavengers Reign

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  • Past Lives

    ★★★★★

  • Pearl

    ★★★★★

  • X

    ★★★½

  • Nosferatu

    ★★★★

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  • Past Lives

    Past Lives

    ★★★★★

    i'm laying on my stomach kicking my little feet up in the air one second, and i'm scream crying at the screen two seconds later. "how are you" turning to "i miss you," the internet connection cutting out whenever they say a sweet nothing, the no contact hurting more than the distance, the everlasting yearning, the childlike giddiness when they reunite, the double meaning of "our roots need to find their place," arthur's tragic and honest realization that he may…

  • Pearl

    Pearl

    ★★★★★

    my favorite scenes:
    •  "if only they would just die 😌" "....pardon?
    • pearl smashing the chicken egg in her hand while the mailman blows up
    • pearl washing her dad with the sponge in her bloody hand 
    • "how are you not scared?" "guess i'm used to the feeling"
    • pearl's mother suddenly becoming the judge at the dance audition
    • the same shot being used for the goose, the projectionist, and mitsy

    the privilege of being finally free…

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  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★

    lily ate and got ate ............ crazy style 

  • It's What's Inside

    It's What's Inside

    ★★★★

    one star off for all-cishet friend group

    should've been gayer but the editing was phenomenal. you can really tell that these actors are incredibly talented to be changing their speech cadence and mannerisms to match the other person in the friend group. loved how much anxiety i was feeling from the very beginning. my mind was Fucked by the ending twist like WHAT