parisvelvet

parisvelvet

Favorite films

  • The Florida Project
  • Lady Bird
  • Eighth Grade
  • The Favourite

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  • Pamela, A Love Story

    ★★★★½

  • The Last Showgirl

    ★★★★

  • Mars Attacks!

    ★★★

  • Vertigo

    ★★★★★

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  • Pamela, A Love Story

    Pamela, A Love Story

    ★★★★½

    adore her

  • The Last Showgirl

    The Last Showgirl

    ★★★★

    I really loved this and I really love pamela anderson, what a great role for her. 

    I love the earnest celebration of craft, performance, glitz and glamour, it feels like an ode to the arts as something worth celebrating rather than something frivolous. 

    I thought there were some really nice themes here - conflict between motherhood/responsibilities to others and personal dreams, the importance of the feeling of being “seen” and visible, the sacrifices women are expected to make that men…

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  • The Favourite

    The Favourite

    ★★★★★

    I... think this might be my favourite film of the year. 

    When it started, I wasn’t sure if I was going to like it because all the 60+ year old audience members started laughing straight away at things that weren’t making me laugh so I thought the whole thing would just not hit and go completely over my head. I was wrong. It just got delightfully better and I became swept up in this bizarre world. 

    I go on about…

  • Bohemian Rhapsody

    Bohemian Rhapsody

    ★★★★

    Walked into this film fully expecting something lacklustre (apart from Rami Malek’s performance, which I had complete faith in) based off all the reviews I had read before it, but I absolutely ADORED this and was so, so, so pleasantly surprised. While I do believe the criticisms that have been made are valid, I do feel as if they have been over-exaggerated and urge people to walk into this film with an open mind. 

    First off, Rami Malek. An absolute…

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