hayat alj

hayat alj

Favorite films

  • Grease
  • Limbo
  • It Must Be Heaven

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  • Cousins

  • Amplified

  • Downtown Girls

    ★★★½

  • The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

    ★★★★

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  • Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo

    Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo

    ★★★★★

    Honestly one of the best films I’ve seen recently. It’s actually just insane and it makes me SO proud that this is an Egyptian film… that had A COMMERCIAL RELEASE?! 

    What a beautiful, heart-wrenching, soft exploration of masculinity, of love & desire, of loss and abandonment and longing. And Cairo in this film - WOW JUST WOW. 

    The cinematography is to die for and Essam Omar deserves an Oscar. Rakeen killed it as well. 

    This film is likely to make it to my favorites of the year already to be honest.

  • In the Mood for Love

    In the Mood for Love

    ★★★★★

    ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥💔💔💔🌹🌹🌹

    watched at the Zawya global south cinema program 

    honestly need to unpack this film + rewatch it but OUCH MY HEART

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  • A Drowning Man

    A Drowning Man

    ★★★½

    I’ve seen this before, though for the life of me, I can’t remember where. 

    A day in the life of a Palestinian refugee in Greece. 

    Though he didn’t drown on his way to Greece, he’s drowning every day - unable to survive without having to make compromises.

  • The Crossing

    The Crossing

    ★★★★

    This was so heartbreaking 💔 simple yet so effective.