shalinijena

shalinijena

Favorite films

  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Arrival
  • Perfect Days

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  • Burden of Dreams

    ★★★★

  • Girls Will Be Girls

    ★★★★★

  • My King

    ★★★★½

  • Icarus

    ★★★★½

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  • Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

    ★★★★

    Oh the unadulterated joy of watching Werner herzog doing Werner herzog stuff 🫶

  • Girls Will Be Girls

    Girls Will Be Girls

    ★★★★★

    Every frame a reflection of a what it is like to be a girl and have all the feelings we do. my experience peaked with the very first movie at mami this year

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  • Feathers

    Feathers

    ★★★★

    Set in Egypt, when the man of a poor family celebrating his son's birthday turns into a chicken upon a magic trick going awry, the woman has to deal with the repercussions and run her family in a toxic, patriarchal society.

    Despite the bizarre plot, the treatment never feels fantastical. It is rooted in realism and forces one to witness the underbelly of the Egyptian society, where poverty oppresses women the most - a universal theme there. At times it was a difficult watch, but the filmmaker turns that around slowly and steadily as we watch our protagonist take control over her life.

    (DIFF 2021)

  • Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

    Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

    ★★★★½

    Nostalgia af
    Cried in the end, cos "Always.." <3