Favorite films

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  Wander to Wonder 2023

  ★★★★★ Watched 21 Feb 2025

  Loved this one. Such a great mix of surrealism, black humour, cuteness, pathos, plus a hefty dose of creepiness a little bit reminiscent of Svankmajer style stop motion animation. 
  This one gets my vote for best animated short and I hope it gets the Oscar!

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  Wicked 2024

  ★★ Watched 08 Feb 2025

  2 stars for Erivo’s performance and for Michelle Yeoh who is always a pleasure to watch, but the music didn’t resonate with me at all and the CGI was just too much.

Popular reviews

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  The Bloodettes 2005

  ★★★★ Watched 18 Mar 2021

  A good candidate for a double feature with Daisies (1966).

  Female leads who don't GAF, political satire, startling editing, bold colours and some truly out-there strangeness all make this a fun watch despite its low budget and confusing plot.

  My main criticism would be that unlike Daisies, this was directed by a man and the gaze on women's sexuality was very male, although I commend him for making a movie in which female power and ingenuity, sexual and otherwise, cuts through the bu11shit of male (Cameroonian) politics.

  Watched as part of March Around the World #20 - Cameroon

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  Close-Up 1990

  ★★★★★ Watched 19 Mar 2021

  “Let’s ask that man for directions”
  “Blah blah (man is giving directions)...by the way, do you want to buy a turkey?” (Holding up 2 *huge*, LIVE turkeys he just happens to be carrying by the legs). I mean it’s not easy to nonchalantly carry 2 live turkeys in your hand while walking down the street.

  Ok now that I got that out of my system (I love encountering random weird stuff like that when I travel, and films are the…