zakahmad

zakahmad

slowly deflating my ratings :-)

Favorite films

  • In Bruges
  • The Graduate
  • Nowhere
  • A Summer's Tale

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  • The Social Network

    ★★★★½

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    ★★★★½

  • A Tale of Springtime

    ★★★★

  • Flow

    ★★★★½

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  • The Social Network

    The Social Network

    ★★★★½

    first rewatch in a minute. so many iconic moments here

  • The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

    ★★★★½

    anthology film archives, 50 year old 35mm print, terrifying noise set in pitch black with just two red lightbulbs, only one working projector so we had to take 4 minute breaks every 20 (last one included some acoustic noise to really freak everyone out)… what a way to watch this for the first time.

    quite blown away by the effort, care, and creativity that went into making you as uncomfortable as possible. spends a lot of time indulging in the…

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  • Frances Ha

    Frances Ha

    ★★★★

    for some reason her coming back from paris after two days for a meeting that was about to be cancelled anyway felt like one of the most relatable things to me

  • American Fiction

    American Fiction

    ★★★★

    highly enjoyable watch and very deserving of attention. the tying in of his work, books and screenplay, with the overall movie and the endings was executed extremely well. puts a mirror in front of the audience to consider the the balance between black art and art by a black person and asks if we’re really owed a particular type of story. jeffrey wright and sterling k brown shone, but i don’t think the rest of the cast was given enough space which i’d view as a weakness, especially given the abrupt ending

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