Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Beekeeper 2024

  ★½ Watched 29 Feb 2024 1

  My grandma’s favorite actor

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  The French Dispatch 2021

  Watched 03 Dec 2022 2

Popular reviews

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  Close-Up 1990

  ★★★★★ Rewatched 08 Apr 2020

  Second viewing is even more powerful. Close Up was one of the first Iranian films I watched. It blew me away, but I wished I understood more of the references that Hossein makes during his trial. Since my first viewing, I’ve become more familiar with the work of Kiarostami and Makhmalbaf. After watching The Traveler, I’m able to fully realize the incredibly emotional comparison Hossein makes between “the child who is left behind” and himself. It kind of makes my heart…

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  The Wind Will Carry Us 1999

  ★★★★ Watched 13 Mar 2020 1

  Hello engineer.

  I’ll never get enough of Kiarostami’s portrayals of Iranian village life. He highlights the vibrancy and charisma of the villagers, even while in times of hardship. He seems to go out of his way to incorporate different cultures and languages existing in Iran, making clear that the nation is not homogenous. 

  While the “engineer’s” goal is not quite clear, I‘d like to agree with some other theories I’ve read, that he is not an engineer, but rather an…

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