leilasaidane

leilasaidane

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  • Trash Baby

    ★★★★

  • The Surfer

    ★★★★

  • Miss Juneteenth

    ★★★½

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    ★★★★

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  • Trash Baby

    Trash Baby

    ★★★★

    liked it more than florida project & really reminds me of the street i grew up on and neighbor girls i looked up to

  • The Surfer

    The Surfer

    ★★★★

    what a trip. wish cage put on his aussie ‘cent for this one— would’ve been five ⭐️ otherwise. commentary on cult culture, fraternity, and there’s a satisfaction that the surfer got what they wanted but maybe not what they needed. love the surge in surrealism and setting in only one location.

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  • Argylle

    Argylle

    ★★

    some scumbags in the drafthouse kept cackling i didn’t even catch the plot

  • The Night

    The Night

    ★★★½

    director of photography Youssef Ben Youssef is unconventional in using a 3:2 aspect ratio and a deep depth of field to emphasize the location of Quneitra, Syria. actors are blocked for the camera, something so rarely seen and a pay off of being frugal and deliberate about film shot. each frame is meticulously composed, detailing every piece of architecture, character animal or prop. and the multi-minute tracking shots – wow. the movie al-leil الليل (my namesake) is not afraid of the dark – so many scenes are swallowed in darkness, showing the fear and loss of the director's village from israeli occupation.

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