Setareh B

Setareh B

Only a fool never changes their mind’, and neither do my top four favorites stay the same.

Favorite films

  • Caché
  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
  • Winter Sleep
  • Close-Up

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  • Mustang

    ★★★½

  • Janet Planet

    ★★★★

  • My Sunshine

    ★★★

  • Naked

    ★★★★½

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  • Mustang

    Mustang

    ★★★½

    I have a contradictory feeling about this film. On one hand, it begins with such a beautiful opening scene—five girls coming back from school, their long, beautiful hair flowing as they play with boys in the water, steal apples from a garden, laugh, scream—so wild, rebellious, and free, as if they embody Eve before her exile from Eden, untouched by the weight of patriarchy.

    But as the film goes on, you realize it’s just another story of female oppression and…

  • Naked

    Naked

    ★★★★½

    I guess I’m officially a big fan of Mike Leigh now.

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  • Secrets & Lies

    Secrets & Lies

    ★★★★½

    Can’t believe I only recently discovered Mike Leigh! What a film! Such incredible acting, an amazing soundtrack, and brilliant character writing.

  • No Other Land

    No Other Land

    ★★★★½

    “I built, they destroyed. I rebuilt.”

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