Lauryn

Lauryn

Favorite films

  • Death Becomes Her
  • Carol
  • The Edge of Seventeen
  • Suspiria

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  • City of God

    ★★★★★

  • Diary of a Mad Black Woman

    ★★★½

  • Horse Girl

    ★★★

  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    ★★★★½

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  • City of God

    City of God

    ★★★★★

    Had to log this, probably the only film I’ve genuinely enjoyed and engaged with in this degree. Also now solidified as one of my favourite films of all time. Near flawless, heartbreaking, beautiful and human.

  • Diary of a Mad Black Woman

    Diary of a Mad Black Woman

    ★★★½

    Tyler Perry (as with many pioneers of contemporary independent black cinema) has perpetuated some of the most abhorrent stereotypes of black women. This man is a menace to the highest possible degree.

    BUT.

    I love this film. I don’t believe in guilty pleasures, but if I had to pick one, this would be it. It’s ridiculous, far fetched, Shemar Moore’s cornrow wig looks like it’s been stuck on with Velcro, and the acting is questionable at best, but I loooveeee…

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  • I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    I'm Thinking of Ending Things

    ★★★★½

    No spoilers- This is not a review just some unfiltered thoughts, will write a proper review soon

    “It’s good to remind yourself that the world is larger than the inside of your own head” 

    If this is the case, I’m thinking of ending things does nothing to support that sentiment. Time exists in our thoughts, but it can be inexplicable, like memory. Often, the now, before and after conflate just like ‘Lucy’ and Jake, and suddenly everything is nothing and…

  • Death Becomes Her

    Death Becomes Her

    ★★★★★

    Camp. 90’s camp. A cult classic.

    Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep expertly play the characters of Helen and Madelaine, two sworn enemies suffering from a similar form of hamartia: Helen’s is her aptitude for revenge, and Madelaine’s is her unquenchable thirst for eternal youth and fame. Throw a softly spoken and hapless Ernest (played by the dazzling Bruce Willis) into the mix, and you have an endlessly entertaining, comically disturbing 104 minutes.

    Death becomes her poses the question: How do…

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