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Children of the Sea 2019
Enjoyed the movie! Went in expecting a pretty nice anime film about a girl meeting two magical ocean boys which the first part of the film was. Then towards the end the plot takes an unexpected turn towards this whole existential angle about the universe with tons of trippy visuals which rocked. Pacing was a bit off in terms of it seeming rather sudden in tone shift but neat nevertheless
Animation is stunning, there’s a nice mixture of cgi and…
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No Other Land 2024
Really powerful documentary. Really like how the film shows the persistence of the Palestinian people with their efforts to find little moments of joy amongst all the horrific crimes they’ve experienced. Movie is shot and edited really well telling the ongoing story of Israel’s efforts to expel Palestinians from their homeland.
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Dreams 1990
Beautiful anthology piece of eight dream vignettes from Kurosawa. You can definitely see in this how he’s pulling from major influential parts of his life (as well as others of his generation in Japan) in this with the anti nuclear sentiments, pro environmentalism and feelings of guilt over surviving the war when others were lost. It was interesting finally getting back to this after having seen the first two and fourth vignettes in the past.
Acting was good in this,…
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Thesis on a Domestication 2024
Great movie! Some minor pacing issues but otherwise good! Idk I’m not entirely sure I loved how the movie ended which kinda felt abrupt. The adoption of the child also just felt kinda sudden after Camilas big fight with her partner (kinda wish there was a bit more in between there). Definitely something I’d like to eventually see again because I might change my mind about those pacing issues…
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