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Lady Bird 2017
CHRISTINE “LADY BIRD”
Rewatching this film left me in a subtle but impactful state of reflection and with way more tears than I expected. When this came out in 2017, I was 16 years old and searching for my place in the world, just like Lady Bird. I wanted desperatly to see myself in this movie and on the pages of the script. At the time, the complexities of Lady Bird’s relationship to herself, her mother, her ambitions, and insecurities…
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Longlegs 2024
Gave this one a rewatch and while the second time around i found the visuals to be carefully crafted and executed extremely well, the story still felt as flat and boring as the first time I watched it- maybe even more so. Where the film shines in visuals it lacks in its story arc, I found bits of it to be compelling of course but instead of digging into the complex relationship we have as people with religion, with family, with…
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One of Them Days 2025
"is that a pigeon?!" is gunna be the new phrase i use when i need to exit a scene lmao
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Woman of the Hour 2023
this was such a good directorial debut! i still have chills and and recovering from the anxiety this film invokes. i notoriously do not like true cime but this showed me what it is exactly i dislike about all the others that have been made. Anna Kendrick is able to focus on the VICTIMS and asks the audience to see first hand what it is like to be a woman and constantly having to be reminded of it. the way…
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