junaidj

junaidj

Favorite films

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel
  • Dune: Part Two
  • La Haine
  • Princess Mononoke

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  • Flow

    ★★★★

  • Apocalypse Now

    ★★★★★

  • Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham

    ★★★★★

  • Sister Midnight

    ★★★★

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  • Flow

    Flow

    ★★★★

    Guy who just watched Apocalypse Now:

    Flow is just like Apocalypse Now, ragtag group on a boat flow up a river.

    Watched at Picturehouse Central

  • Apocalypse Now

    Apocalypse Now

    ★★★★★

    “Ah man, the bullshit piled up so fast in Vietnam you needed wings to stay above it”

    Absolutely genius from Francis Ford Coppola, Apocalypse Now tells us a cautionary tale of pride, ego, and leadership. Using the Vietnam War as a backdrop, we see how men are influenced by the ones above them: The cocky Lt. Col Kilgore, the stubborn Chief Phillips, the prideful french family, the manipulative Cap. Willard himself and the kniving Col. Wurtz. And yet we need these…

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  • Sister Midnight

    Sister Midnight

    ★★★★

    “This is Friendship: To be able to sit next to each other in perfect silence”

    Sister Midnight is hilarious and isn’t shy to deviate from the norm. Radhika Apte is so charismatic as Uma, that even when she starts to eat animals with her bare teeth, you still root for her. Karan Kandhari uses short scenes and long black pauses to make his scenes punchy. 

    I loved the scene where she sits at Juhu Beach and looks left and right…

  • All We Imagine as Light

    All We Imagine as Light

    ★★★★½

    I love indian indie movies, the ones that strip back the glitz and glamour of what Bollywood promises, and show the reality and class disparity in the big cities. All We Imagine as Light is a touching reminder of how we can not only move on from our toxic relationships, but the unhealthy Indian mindsets around marriage being a “punishment” to women in some way. 

    The movie follows two women in different stages of their life. Prabhu is a middle aged…