Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Drylongso 1998

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Feb 2025

  Yea, this is what movies are about, amazing movie, what a work of art by Cauleen Smith. Movies are meant to tell stories and Drylongso explains it all. Pica might be the coolest character I’ve ever seen in a film. Also, it’s refreshing to see this medium that’s entirely white male dominated from the black woman’s perspective. We as a people are beautiful and we deserve the chance to live, to feel alive, to feel like we have existed, to be remembered, through Pica, Cauleen Smith tenderly invigorates that sentiment through 81 minutes.

  I absolutely love this, a new favourite.

  Happy Black History Month, onward!

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  The Killing of a Chinese Bookie 1976

  ★★★½ Watched 25 Jan 2025

  I have nothing of note right now other than jotting down that Rachel and Mama—the only two black characters—are used as a way of showing Cosmos Vittelli’s humanistic/natural characteristics. I wonder if this is done intentionally by Cassavetes, would it have changed the feeling of the film had it been with any of the other white strippers and their mother? Rachel’s aggressiveness as well as possessiveness appear a bit nonsensical and excessive especially when she beats up the auditioning stripper. In another rendition, Mama could have served as an even stronger character but her character lacks with Cassavetes’ infantilisation of her.

Popular reviews

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  Babylon 1980

  ★★★★★ Watched 14 Dec 2022 1

  growing up in canada, the history of black culture in the country isn’t as extensive as our neighbours in america. in fact it’s quite similar to the united kingdom where the history is relatively 100 yrs old at most. thus, it’s important to understand as a first generation african immigrant child that despite my upbringing being different than the jamaican upbringing, their influence and impact on the black culture has shaped me into the person i am. in fact, it…

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  The Batman 2022

  ★★★★★ Watched 03 Mar 2022

  thank goodness the riddler wears a mask so we didn’t have to look at paul dano’s punchable face for 3 hours.