In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love

2000
★★★★★ Liked Watched 2

happy valentines day to the real yearners‼️‼️

every still of this is so immaculate, the colour palette is rich, the framing is intimate, the story is devastating, maggie cheung and tony leung's chemistry is INSANE. you could get high off of the way they just look at each other. somehow more sex than if they had sex.

obsessed with the blocking in this too. the cramped apartments, the narrow hallways and stairs, the extensive use of mirrors and reflections and…

Notting Hill

Notting Hill

1999
★★★★ Liked Watched 1

hugh grant is soso charming and soft and gentle and julia roberts' smile has never been so lovely and happy im in love 10/10 a good romcom can hit like crack sometimes

Scent of a Woman

Scent of a Woman

1992
★★½ Watched

2.5 hours of al pacino not shutting the fuck up but it's okay because it's al pacino. chris o donnell is so sweet he's the perfect casting for this actually. personally voted for him snitching on those dickheads too but maybe that's just me. loved the disciplinary scene anyway. they could've easily shaved off about 40 minutes from this though. deeply unnecessary runtime. hoo-ah.

All We Imagine as Light

All We Imagine as Light

2024
★★★★½ Liked Watched

payal kapadia understands mumbai so well. the wealth disparity, the language disparity, the lights, the crowds, the illusion, the ever-present humming of a city that never stops. prabha on her knees on the kitchen floor with utter longing and still the sound of the train in the background because this city will not stop for you‼️‼️ough i love u kani kusruti you put your whole soul into this

Uptown Girls

Uptown Girls

2003
★★★★ Liked Watched

they just dont make em like this anymore </3

Gifted

Gifted

2017
★★★★ Liked Rewatched

"'this happy?' 'this happy.'" what if i scream and sob and throw up and die

Gladiator II

Gladiator II

2024
★★★ Watched

only the beauty of paul mescal's nose could distract me from how sauceless hanno's character arc is. the sharks ate tho.