Riya

Riya

Favorite films

  • Poetry
  • Perfect Days
  • Parasite
  • Monster

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  • Love and Leashes

    ★★★½

  • Whisper of the Heart

    ★★★★★

  • Elemental

    ★★★½

  • 20th Century Girl

    ★★★★★

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  • Whisper of the Heart

    Whisper of the Heart

    ★★★★★

    MY FAVORITEEEE Ghibli movie, one I have babbled about to twitter mutuals, strangers at da club, and others subjected to passionate rants.

    Side note: I once saw a tiktok that fully called me out by saying “If Whisper of the Heart is your fav Studio Ghibli movie then you’re procrastinating on a longform writing project”— *lol anyway* this is a gorgeous movie. I think of it as a guidebook on how to romanticize life because it’s so achingly familiar. Pondering…

  • Elemental

    Elemental

    ★★★½

    A bit forgettable overall but sweet with a hint of sharpness like young, mellow cheddar

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  • Crazy Rich Asians

    Crazy Rich Asians

    ★★½

    offensively bland, boring, and beige

  • 20th Century Girl

    20th Century Girl

    ★★★★★

    tbh rated it highly not because of the writing/characters but only because the nostalgia this film evokes is outrageously thick and emotional and beautiful

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