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The Room Next Door 2024
How to die with dignity for rich white women? This is the question The Room Next Door asks as the two women dressed in expensive style, surrounded by original art, weave in their shared past with questions around morality & mortality, all while quoting esoteric poetry, steeped in their global cultural lives. They reference James Joyce’s ‘The Dead’, Louise Bourgeois’ textile work, Dora Carrington’s paintings, Edward Hopper’s art, John Huston’s 1987 film, Roger Lewis’ Erotic Vagrancy, and Virginia Woolf. The two…
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A Very Good Girl 2023
A Very Good Girl is a Filipino film starring celebrity it girl, Kathryn Bernardo, as she seeks masterful revenge against fashion tycoon known as Mother, played by Golden Globe-nominated Dolly de Leon. Kathryn is great here especially breaking out of her typical mainstream roles, but in the latter half of the movie, Dolly shines - delivering that rags to riches, boss bitch pretending to be sympathetic attitude through and through. Her narcissism of playing an anti-hero is really nutty but…
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Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food 2023
Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food is a good documentary with typical compelling components - interviewing activists esp. parents of kids who have died from food bacteria, advocates, politicians, and industry leaders. Personal stories were gripping and interviews with industry were hilarious to call out their bullshit. It's a documentary similar to Super Size Me or other food ones that really make you pause and evaluate life choices but what I appreciate about this doc is that it wasn't…
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From Ground Zero 2024
A collection of 22 shorts straight from Gaza, From Ground Zero, is nothing but a cinematic miracle. The anguished stories are Palestine’s entry for the Oscar’s: it was shortlisted for Best International, but even with Michael Moore’s backing as a producer, it didn’t get the nomination - a travesty, but telling of where the Hollywood machinery lies - - in the shed of the imperialist empire. The anthology is poignant, capturing multiple stories on the frontlines of Gaza - the…
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