Shellah Santillan

Shellah Santillan

Favorite films

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • The Pianist
  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  • Dead Poets Society

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  • The Help

    ★★★★½

  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    ★★★★★

  • Nosferatu

    ★★½

  • Laura

    ★★★½

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  • The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    ★★★★★

    the symmetry of the shots were unspeakably beautiful, but what made me love it was the way it left tiny, little knots in my heart— melancholy, they call it.

  • Laura

    Laura

    ★★★½

    the things we endure for a short shot of bliss

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  • Only Yesterday

    Only Yesterday

    ★★★★

    Rewatching this film felt just as nostalgic and magical as the first time I watched it. Familiarity breeds contempt, as some may argue, but you might find that eventually, in life, you will want to circle back to the things you've known so well.

    I was the child who couldn't wait to become an adult and experience a taste of independence. I wanted to find a place in the world where I truly belonged, a place that didn't demand much…

  • Perfect Blue

    Perfect Blue

    ★★★½

    this film's gaslighting is very reminiscent of my ex's