ripley

ripley

Favorite films

  • Princess Mononoke
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Paris Is Burning
  • The Matrix

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  • We're All Going to the World's Fair

    ★★★½

  • I Am Not Your Negro

    ★★★★

  • Evita

    ★★½

  • Shortbus

    ★★★★

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  • We're All Going to the World's Fair

    We're All Going to the World's Fair

    ★★★½

    love the lo-fi aesthetic but this was a little too slow at times. very accurate representation of what it felt like to be preteen in the 2010s with unrestricted internet access though. as a creepypasta kid myself, parts of this hit me really hard.

  • I Am Not Your Negro

    I Am Not Your Negro

    ★★★★

    this was a really well-edited documentary that covers a crazy amount of civil rights history for how short it is. the images chosen to accompany Baldwin’s writing are thoughtful and at times unconventional but the whole edit just flows beautifully. I also think the choice to show modern footage from events like the Ferguson riots in black and white and archival footage from the 60s in color (when possible) was interesting and subtle in the way it challenges the audience’s…

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  • Evita

    Evita

    ★★½

    As a huge fan of Madonna and musical theater this just wasn’t good. I straight up didn’t get what they were going for with their take on Eva Peron; half the time she’s a charitable people’s princess and half the time the narrator is framing her like a vapid social climber who uses Argentina’s poverty crisis as an excuse to make herself look good. Those are both definitely aspects of Eva Peron’s legacy but I never understood what the film…

  • Pride & Prejudice

    Pride & Prejudice

    ★★★★★

    they’re lesbians I don’t make the rules

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