Mari

Mari

Favorite films

  • Moonlight
  • Past Lives
  • Sorry to Bother You
  • White Chicks

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  • Sisak

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  • Mickey 17

    Mickey 17

    ★★★★★

    Bong Joon Ho was really ahead of the curve with the whole Elon and Trump dynamic!

    Joey’s review: prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  • Annie

    Annie

    ★★★★★

    Anti-communist propaganda? Yes. Extreme Orientalism? Yes. Mild racism? Yes. Is this still going to be rated a five stars? Yes!

    Annie (1982) and Matilda (1996) were the movies I would constantly rewatch when I was younger, and I don’t have the heart to rate this one less than 5 stars. Those are the 5 stars my 8-year-old self would give it, knowing I wanted to be whisked away into a perfect life like that little red head girl.

    I will re-watch it in the summer and write an essay (maybe even make a little video essay) about it. There’s just so much to dissect!

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  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

    ★★★★★

    I have too many thoughts so I'll summarize some of them in point form: 
    - Took the book and used the medium of film to elevate the already strong narrative.
    - The first person perspective of the camera is simply the best way to capture the fullest potential of the story.
    - I wish I watched it in theatres when I had the chance because the camera work is simply divine. 
    - The use of archival footage and images is…

  • Nosferatu

    Nosferatu

    ★★★★½

    Put the freak back in film #monsterfuckersunite

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