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  Poor Things 2023

  ★★★★ Rewatched 19 Feb 2024

  a part of me really loved this film for its aesthetic, originality, absurdity, shock and delight. i found it enchanting, fun, challenging and textured. but another nagging sentiment i have is that bella is a female character so clearly written and created by men. the sexual awakening and aesthetics around the sequence are really beautiful, but within the setting i felt a bit unnerved. maybe it was the fact that she starts off a child, with an innocence and virtue which…

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  Rye Lane 2023

  ★★★★ Rewatched 26 Mar 2023

  so cute, short and sweet, love the colours, south london love <3

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