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Joyland 2022
Joyland is an achievement in storytelling for obvious reasons – it centers queer narratives and tackles patriarchy’s repression of gender, rooting its story of pain and tragedy in the strength and humanity of its characters. In a South Asian, and specifically Pakistani ethno-religious context, however, the achievements become clearer.
I had invited three of my close friends in D.C. over to watch Joyland, one of whom is Pakistani and had put the film on my radar several weeks before Sundance.…
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Slow 2023
Well-made romances always work their magic on me. The visual imagery of two people falling in love is deeply familiar, isn’t it? Everything about the world in that shared moment is just right; everything is in equilibrium. Slow offers up plenty of just-right magic. But it also asks lofty questions about the very source of romantic love, centering an asexual character, Dovydas (Kęstutis Cicėnas), in a relationship with Elena (Greta Grinevičiūtė). Dovydas meets Elena, a dancer, at a class she…
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Ponniyin Selvan: Part II 2023
bruh why does this look so good in places but then entire stretches look like scenes from a student film 😭
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