The actresses were fine, but ultimately Hidden Figures serves as another depiction of liberal ideas of racial equality above liberation. Integration into capitalist institutions is seen as heroic meanwhile the idea of liberation, although made into a caricature distorting any real critique into 'don't try to get an established career as a black person', is laughed off as meaningless. Stories of exploitation via racism is important, but this is truly not one.
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Where Is the Friend's House? 1987
Watched at the Stockholm Cinematheque, Filmhuset
had the pleasure to stay after the movie ended and listen to the panel of Iranian filmmakers and journalists. this is a wonderful movie about conservatism and discipline, in so many ways I cant describe. highly recommend :)
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The Shawshank Redemption 1994
For some reason im just not sold on the movie. It's fine, the trope of the dangerous gay inmates in contrast to the relatively humanized (presumably) heterosexual ones made me uncomfortable, and nothing really stood out in cinematography or lighting except a few scenes. Despite being about prison and hope for change, it failed to speak to me about anything. Shawshank prison operates cruelly, why? I don't think there was a proper way of explaining the reason why Shawshank (and…
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Y Tu Mamá También 2001
the vitriolic nature of masculinity is solved by homosexuality. or bisexuality. either way, breaking out of the male subjects condemnation to endless competition with other men and embracing [in the sexual act they are supposed to do as an act of objectification of the woman], is the preclude for liberation. tenoch and julio briefly touch it, feel it, tender. but they do not accept it, and so they part ways with the memory buried deep within, reminded of it by…
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