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Past Lives
I just watched Past Lives. It was overdue and I didn’t quite realize until tonight that my time to watch Oscar noms is rapidly dwindling. I forget how to write about this stuff and booting up this old laptop took … Continue reading
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Tagged aging, camera, camerawork, captivating, dp, Film, foreign, growing, growing up, immigration, korea, korean, kudos, lives, past, past lives
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i’m thinking of ending things
i’m thinking of ending things. i’m thinking of ending things. the mantra our Young Woman repeatedly thinks and feels, which is only reflected in the viewer’s feelings: i’m thinking of ending things (RE: this film) So incredibly bizarre it almost … Continue reading
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Toy Story 4
Mostly I liked it. Bo is non-hetero normative AF. So I loved all of those ~vibes~ until her and Woody ended up together at the end. HOWEVER I DIGRESS: Intro well done, sucked me in because it left the intrigue of … Continue reading
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Blue Valentine
I’m behind on the train, I’m always behind on the train. Running in the tracks in the back of it, really. Picture it, you’ve got it. Probably tripping over my shoelaces and falling down and scraping my knees. Maybe breaking … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010, anger, blue, break, broken, death, drunk, emotion, feeling, forget, gosling, happy, heal, heart, hold, honesty, hurt, intense, loss, love, Movie, music, netflix, noose, pain, passion, realistic, relationship, review, sad, sex, strangle, strong, understanding, valentine
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Duck Butter
For lack of a better creative starting point, I’ll commence with the obvious: The title. DUCK BUTTER? Like. Foie gras right? Well no. Thank you, Catalan language. For coming to such an interesting, grimy, collision with the English language. Yet for … Continue reading
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Tagged age, alia, arteta, butter, catalan, comedy, coming, costa, drama, duck, duck butter, english, experiment, Film, hate, joy, laia, love, miguel, music, must, naima, nima, of, original, pride, romance, sergio, shawkat, social, soundtrack, spanish, story, trial, young
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Nos Années Folles
I don’t know whether or not I should write in English or in French. It’s a French film, so I suppose French is appropriate. I’ll summarize in English. Alors… Quel film beau, déchirant, terrible et incroyable au même temps. Ceci … Continue reading
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Tagged amis, architecture, baby, best, boy, bully, calendar, change, Cinema, damn, days, deep, drama, expression, famille, family, Film, français, france, freedom, french, friend, friends, good, guerre, happy, hurt, interesting, kid, life, love, me, moon, motion, Movie, music, new, night, original, pain, paris, past, picture, post, present, problem, question, questions, reflection, relations, relationships, review, sad, see, sing, sky, story, STudies, study, summer, talk, thought, time, transvestite, trouble, us, war, watch
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Moonlight
Moonlit night, skin blue. Maybe the connection wasn’t strong enough for this to be the title, but I like a stretch when it comes to clever film titles. I’ll take it. There were many aspects of this film that I … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, ali, best, bright, bully, chiron, Cinema, cloud, deep, drama, drug, expression, family, Film, freedom, globes, golden globe, honest, hurt, interesting, juan, kid, life, light, love, mahershala, me, moon, moonlight, motion, Movie, music, night, ocean, picture, question, reflection, relationships, review, sea, sky, talk, teresa, what
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Sing Street
John Carney. Damn. What a story. What a show. What a creation. I hate watching good movies if not only because they leave me without words to provide some sort of proper feedback on them. Anyway. Phenomenal film. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, awesome, boy, carney, change, Cinema, cliché, damn, different, difficult, drama, dublin, england, excellent, family, friend, friends, Girl, golden globe, happy, hard, ireland, January, john, john carney, love, me, Movie, music, new, nomination, nominee, nuance, original, oscar, pain, post, present, questions, review, sad, screenplay, script, sing, sing street, story, storyboard, street, STudies, thought, time, us, watch
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Dans Paris
Je l’aime bien. C’est intéressant, fascinant et… quelque chose de plus. Je ne sais pas exactement, mais quelque chose qui me fait penser de quelque chose dans ma vie, dans mon adolescence je crois. C’est confus et un peu énervant … Continue reading
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