Mesmerizing and funny satirical piece on a Nigerian immigrant in 60s/70s San Francisco that I loved. Crazyyyy twist at the end as it inadvertently becomes a documentary!
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Bird 2024
Really enjoyed a magical realist take on Andrea Arnold’s usual themes of class, poverty, abuse in poor working class communities, it was less bleak and more creative!
A little underdeveloped with some gender identity and race issues. To me Bailey’s character had major enby vibes and Franz Rogowski’s ethereal Bird character was obviously a skirt-wearing genderless guardian angel!
Absolutely could not stand Barry Keoghan’s character though, I found his acting really insufferable in this film.
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Nuovo Olimpo 2023
Ok so there seems to be very mixed reviews for this but another user summed it up very well: ‘this is lala land for gay people’. Me and my soppy queer roommates really enjoyed this and it felt so romantic, at least at the beginning. The beautiful old cinema, where the icon Titti holds space for gay men to watch films and cruise, which the real cinema was also used for in the past. The house where they have the…
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Poor Things 2023
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Wow, I’m actually so conflicted over this film. I laughed a lot during, sometimes out of shock; sometimes genuine. And I think I stand by the fact that it was hilarious. Then we got to the same c*** and f*** jokes and I ran out of gas a bit.
A few highlights of the whole film for me were the excellent uses of puffy sleeves, Emma Stone’s over dyed brows, career performance from Mark Ruffalo, the black and white filmography…
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