Joey_L

Joey_L

Favorite films

  • Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion
  • In the Mood for Love
  • Oldboy
  • La Haine

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  • Bigger Than Us

    ★★★½

  • Salt in their Veins

    ★★★★

  • Look Back

    ★★★★½

  • The Substance

    ★★★★

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  • Amélie

    Amélie

    ★★★★½

    oh my god amelie invented tiktok

  • Five Nights at Freddy's

    Five Nights at Freddy's

    ★½

    chose watching this over snowpiercer today because i wanted to know what happened in the year 1987

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  • Aftersun

    Aftersun

    ★★★★★

    I don't think a film has quite left me so devastated like this film for a long time. Aftersun, a directorial debut by Charlotte Wells, is astonishingly beautiful in its honesty and no words (especially from me) can truly convey all the emotions I felt within its 101-minute runtime.

    The wholly underrated film centers around Sophie (Francesca Corio) who peruses footage of her last trip to Turkey with her father (Paul Mescal). Not much context is given, but her father,…

  • After Yang

    After Yang

    ★★★★½

    After Yang is a quiet, but deeply insightful film reflecting on the meaning of life through the perspective of love -- romantic, passion (for a hobby) and familial -- while in conflict with culture, blood ties, and death.

    In its 96-minute runtime, the film explores the meaning of life and love through Yang, a previously malfunctioned Chinese android, and the people that were impacted by him. Beautifully crafted symbols pervade the entire film, providing insightful explanations to why we love…