Favorite films

Pinned reviews

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  Aftersun 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 15 Aug 2022 2

  Actually going to try and write some big words for this film that moved me in big ways:

  This is now easily the best thing I’ve seen so far this year (even eclipses Worst Person in the World !). Aftersun lives up to all its Cannes hype thanks to Charlotte Wells’ assured, understated handling of a story that is poetic and gentle but melancholy and dark all at once. It could’ve so easily fallen stray from its meditative tone into…

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  Raw 2016

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 15 Jan 2022

  Literally no one:

  My brain for weeks after rewatching this: PREMIERE LEÇON D SEDUCTION 🕺🏼 ETRE UNE PUTE AVEC EDUCATION 💅🏼 SE MOQUER DES GARÇONS 🤪

  
  Also just noticed in the party scene it says JUNIOR IS DEAD on the wall which is a nice nod to this. Lots of visual parallels to Titane to pick up on now as well, which is cool.

Recent reviews

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  Offside 2006

  Watched 16 Feb 2025 3

  Programming idea for the next women's world cup:

  - Offside, Jafar Panahi (2006);
  - Copa 71, James Erskine & Rachel Ramsay (2023);
  - Bend it like Beckham, Gurinder Chadha (2002).

  Triple bill it; add a fourth film to make it all-day; or spread it out across the tournament.

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  The Mirror 1997

  Watched 15 Feb 2025

  First half of this film was literally the cutest ever and the opening shot where the camera spins on a single axis around the crosswalk was so nice I had to watch it twice. Jafar Panahi evokes a simplicity akin to Bag of Rice or Where is the Friends House ? in the opening 40 minutes of The Mirror - following a child's journey through the hustle and bustle of Tehran to reunite with mother. Low stakes have never felt…

Popular reviews

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  Manodrome 2023

  ★ Watched 21 Feb 2023 2

  tell the uber driver you’re gay, you’ll get home twice as fast ! 💅🏼

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  Chico & Rita 2010

  Watched 18 Apr 2020

  La La Land's cool Cuban cousin.