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  • Anatomy of a Fall
  • Passages
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  • The Last Showgirl

    ★★½

  • Weekend

    ★★★★½

  • Bridget Jones's Diary

    ★★★★★

  • Anatomy of a Fall

    ★★★★★

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  • Secretary

    Secretary

    ★★★★½

    Diva goes on hunger strike for a hot man with a pile of feminist literature sat next to her? So sophie duff xx

  • Bridget Jones's Diary

    Bridget Jones's Diary

    ★★★★★

    I truly think that one of the most heartbreaking scenes in all of cinema is when Bridget’s parents are sat on the floor and Bridget’s mother is asking to be allowed back into Bridget’s fathers life. The geriatric mother character tends to be impermeable, existing only to be laughed at. Even though that is the case for most of this film, trilogy even, this scene cuts to the reality of ageing and I will forevs try to find a new reason to talk about the triumph of Bridget jones as social realist film/series.

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  • Little Women

    Little Women

    ★★★★★

    Jo writing her books is so me writing my dissertation except I haven’t actually started writing it and no one has called any of my work a masterpiece but I know the relatability to Jo is coming as soon as I start.

  • News from Home

    News from Home

    ★★★★★

    When I initially watched this film I did not know the impact it would have on me. I remember being told Akerman made the sort of films that you leave a different person. I think the beauty of that is I never really noticed it, the change her work creates. It slowly crept up on me until I realised I hadn’t thought of much but these films. I thought rewatching this film, having moved back in with my mother, I…

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