maddy

maddy

Favorite films

  • Ash Is Purest White
  • Personal Problems
  • Night and the City
  • Exotica

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  • Volcano: An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

  • Vertigo

    ★★★★★

  • Chibi Maruko-chan: My Favorite Song

    ★★★★

  • Mickey 17

    ★★★½

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  • Anora

    Anora

    ★★★

    notes on Anora from my article on Emilia Pérez and hollywood's politics of representation. note this was written before Anora's wins at the oscars, though i still v much stand by my conclusions here:

    The discovery of Karla Sofia Gascón's series of racist and xenophobic tweets has seemingly kicked Emilia Pérez out of its former frontrunner status, leading Sean Baker’s film Anora to potentially take the reign. This development is also very questionable. Firstly, Gascón has been rightfully condemned for…

  • A Traveler's Needs

    A Traveler's Needs

    ★★★★½

    it seems that one person's 'minor hong' film is always going to be another person's 'culmination of hong's career'. i understand why this can come off as a very slight film to some, but to me, this is the most moving film of his i've seen, and the one with the richest thematic developments on his reoccurring themes of language, expression and authenticity. i haven't seen any of hong's other huppert films and maybe they tread a very similar ground,…

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  • Beau Travail

    Beau Travail

    ★★★★★

    😳 When ur crushing on a guy so much that you abuse your position of power to commit sadomasochistic acts of cruelty towards him because your attraction to him is a threat to the dominant masculinity that is expected of you as a military officer in the colonial machine 😳

  • Cowboy Bebop

    Cowboy Bebop

    ★★★★★

    jupiter jazz - bebop's loneliest episode and possibly its best. the decaying grimy setting and the melancholic saxophone motif bring an ethereal, purgatorial vibe to the whole thing that really elevate the episode's portrayal of lost souls forced to confront their pasts. even without that really specific vibe that makes me wish that this went on forever, this is just an incredibly moving episode that brings new layers of characterization and pathos to the table. i do wish gren's queerness…