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The Eight Hundred 2020
a benchmark for chinese cinema; partially propagandized war-action movie like the americans do
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Cairo Conspiracy 2022
second movie I have watched this week coming from egypt with themes of the social/political tensions between the Ikwhanis and the secular state/military, though while the previous movie I watched was set immideately after the fall of Morsi, this was set far after, in current day Egypt, in a setting I'm mostly unfamiliar with aswell, being the political scheming of Cairo's famous Al-Azhar university
of course themes aside the plot was overall good and thrilling
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The Battle of Algiers 1966
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checkpoints on every road, settler terrorism, the role of women and children in the resistance out of desperation, and the disparities between the settler and native population, these are aspects of anti-colonial struggle and settler colonialism that many would have thought wouldn't last after the end of the 20th century
my nation supported Algeria during their struggle for independence, and we will continue to support every other liberation movement, regardless of our normalizing regime
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Who'll Stop the Rain 2023
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watched for the for the GL, stayed for the story
The first taiwanese GL I've watched, very unique, though the idea of a more political storyline GL doesn't seem too alien to me, this is the first I've actually encountered, and they executed it well
The GL isn't actually present much in the overall story (only appearing about halfway through, with bits of pieces afterwards leading to the ending), yet it's still important and plays an important role to the…
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