ilanalesh

ilanalesh

Favorite films

  • When Harry Met Sally...
  • La La Land
  • Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • Memento

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  • Ma

    ★★★

  • Inland Empire

    ★★★½

  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    ★★★

  • ABCs of Death 2

    ½

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  • Ma

    Ma

    ★★★

    like...i was entertained?? i guess??

  • Inland Empire

    Inland Empire

    ★★★½

    extremely interesting concept. this movie discusses the relationship between performance and reality, blurring the line and, ultimately, making us all scratch our heads in confusion. the film's first third is easy enough to follow, giving us the storyline of an actress who falls in love with and has an affair with her costar. however, the latter two thirds are much less linear. i watched this movie over the span of two days, which i regret. i feel like the entire…

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  • The Substance

    The Substance

    ★★★½

    I really enjoyed the message behind this film. A lot of people experiencing addiction tend to separate themselves from the person they are when intoxicated--I think this film does a great job at representing that. I do, however, wish that the ending alluded more to the theme at hand. For example, if the final monster scene had shots of a really cracked-up Elizabeth intermittently cut in, I think we could truly see that all the blood and gore is a…

  • Project X

    Project X

    ½

    no like i'm so fucking serious nothing has EVER stressed me out in the way that this movie does. this was my second watch and i went in under the false pretenses that it would be better this time. i was wrong. i was so fucking wrong. this movie makes me want to actually like rip my eyes out  and cook them into a stew. this movie is the closest brush with death i have ever experienced because the pure…

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