jinabean

jinabean

Favorite films

  • Mysterious Skin
  • Oldboy
  • In the Mood for Love
  • Call Me by Your Name

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  • Mutual Appreciation

    ★★★★

  • Funny Ha Ha

    ★★★½

  • In Jackson Heights

    ★★★

  • Companion

    ★★

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  • Funny Ha Ha

    Funny Ha Ha

    ★★★½

    Bujalski characters are just so damned likable for no discernable reason

    diner scene eyeball cow lactating — the silliness, it’s not about what they’re saying, it’s about how they’re saying things and the looks and chemistry
    everyone’s so deferential and shy and beating around the bush
    “things to do” scene is sweet and endearing
    aspect ratio! (similar to Ida?)
    him wanting her to smile after the day they had together - honest, revealing
    the characters like each other and struggle with expressing that, struggle with those feelings and themselves, their relationships, etc.
    handwritten title cards!

  • Companion

    Companion

    ★★

    Ehhh it felt like there was no love in this

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  • All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    ★★★★

    A great story and subject told with grace

  • Vermiglio

    Vermiglio

    ★★★½

    Life feels like such a hard thing in this movie, and that’s so real
    But the best kinds of sad movies make you laugh too, and this one could have used a few more moments of those
    Reminds me a bit of Alice Rohwacher’s movies

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