Jay

Jay

Favorite films

  • Stuck in Love
  • Waitress
  • Shiva Baby

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  • After Life

    ★★★★★

  • Scream

    ★★★★★

  • Good Grief

    ★★★

  • Saltburn

    ★★★

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  • After Life

    After Life

    ★★★★★

    this film found me at a time i really needed it. experiencing a big, life changing loss and the complicated grief that’s come with it has brought my own mortality to the forefront of my thoughts. i think all the time about how ill die, when and where ill be when i die, how i can live a life with which i can part with joy and contentment, how i can give my loved ones joy in their grief when…

  • Good Grief

    Good Grief

    ★★★

    it’s definitely interesting seeing this incredibly rich man have the time and ability to grieve without needing to worry about like, bills and responsibilities but it still has something worthwhile to say about the complexity of loss. learning something about a loved one that completely changes who they are to you is hard enough but when it happens after they’ve *died* is…a lot. the film did a good enough job of exploring how to mourn someone who’s hurt you but…

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  • Jayeshbhai Jordaar

    Jayeshbhai Jordaar

    ½

    This made me MAD. Movies like this are not just bad, but they’re legitimately harmful to the causes they claim to champion. How the fuck did this film go from “female infanticide and domestic violence are societal evils that men have to fight against too” to “ladies, if your husband abuses you and forces you to abort your female foetus, don’t leave him just give him a kiss xoxo”?????? 

    The way the main character scapegoated his pregnant wife and repeatedly…

  • TÁR

    TÁR

    ★★

    this gave me the ick a lil ngl. nothing wrong with having complex flawed characters but there aren’t enough positive representations of successful lesbians for this movie to show a lesbian abuser. plus i really don’t understand what this movie is trying to say about cancel culture. are we supposed to feel bad for her losing her career?