Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  The Substance 2024

  ★★★★½ Watched 21 Oct 2024

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Normal People 2020

  Rewatched 08 Jan 2024

  This scratches all the right places in my 14 year old brain that so desperately searched  for angsty y/n fiction on tumblr

Popular reviews

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  Flee 2021

  ★★★★ Watched 07 Jul 2023

  For one of my global mobility classes, I had to watch this and write an essay about it. Here are a few excerpts from my essay.

  "Flee" is a truly powerful film that speaks directly to the heart. It goes beyond simply telling a story and isn’t just a look at its subject’s past, it's an examination of how those experiences continue to impact his present life, How those memories alter his human interactions, even to this day.

  One scene,…

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  The Act of Killing 2012

  ★★★★½ Watched 01 Oct 2023

  For my Global crime class:
  ...
  Evans (2010) delves into the limitations of state power and the complexities of defining and upholding legitimacy. This is relevant not only in the context of justice in Indonesia but also on a global scale. He observes that "legitimacy is ultimately a matter of normative judgment," underscoring the challenging nature of defining justice, especially in intricate power dynamics. Achieving global justice often remains elusive due to factors such as state sovereignty and the constraints…