I honestly didn't like the first part of this that much, and with mum being so negative about it it felt a little bit weird and too silly. But i think i just needed to accept it was kind of stupid to really get into it. By the middle i thought there were some really funny moments, killing the chicken and having a bowl of coffee and the plastic bags instead of shoes, and richard e grant's face and eyes! were really perfect for this. When he says he's got a heart condition and his eyes pop out of his skull, its so funny! I didn't really love the plotline with the creepy gay uncle and i think that lasted a bit too long, it was just creepy and uncomfortable not really that funny. But the adventures of the unemployed is a really funny and organic plot for a film. Also the massive joint about the size of a traffic cone. lol the ending was a little strange, he got the job and then cut his beautiful hair! and left. poor withnail. I guess like becoming employed sucked him back up into the real world and he had to leave their fever dream of a life. It seems like all the lines and costumes are so iconic, like a perfect halloween costume. It isn't actually that long but i think the middle section were theyre just kind of being assaulted by the uncle is just a bit long and boring, and i didn't resonate with the plot. But the more i look back on it and watch edits and interviews i find it more funny and like it more! maybe it's just because of my special bond with richard e grant, he was kind of hot in this hahaha

A late night watch in study leave, from my parasocial, dead idol, agnes varda. I really the structure or format of this being in real time and almost one shot, i really want to get into more movies like that because i do think it's such a cool way of following a character and really getting a feel of them. I love the simplicity of it. It's black and white, its Parisian streets and the sounds coming from them, its mirrors and frogs and ponds and hats and it's so beautifully shot. I also really like the concept. A fear of death, a fear of the unknown and the feeling of dread as you wait for the results. While Cleo is still a bit of a mysterious character to me, i do really like her character arc and in the end you really feel her anxiety along with her. I saw an interesting review about the male gaze, and i think it's really cool agnes varda has such bold views on feminism and gender and women's bodies over 60 years ago. We start off by seeing cleo clearly be really self absorbed, really superficial and associating her beauty with worth/life. As time goes on, she becomes more introspective. She is more aware of her surroundings the camera obviously points out the men who check her out, almost making us feel self conscious for her. So maybe it isn't introspection after all, but an awakening from a trance, like she has realised she shouldn't just value her looks and let them get her ahead in life, but instead be more open minded. The man she meets just after 6 was a little confusing to me, although he is really charming, and cleo is looking for a friend to lean on, i felt like their relationship was a bit rushed. It's not like it was definitely romantic or anything but it was still a little strange to me. All the characters were actually a bit weird, the friend whose a nude model who was like wow you have cancer, oh well. and the two songwriters who at first seemed to know her really well but then actually called her stupid and vapid when she said she didn't like their music. Anyway, while some parts were a little bit boring, i think the concept is what really made me like this. and the cinematography. The philosophy of live every day like it's your last is kind of present in this, but also not in a cheesy way because she doesn't really do anything drastic, only opens herself up to a kind stranger even though she says she doesn't usually reply to men. And that's all it takes.

first cinema trip of the year, not in the vue because aberdeen is ass. Looking at the poster now, it's actually really ugly, which is strange because timothee chalamet and the marketing team did an amazing job in basically filling a cinema in aberdeen, a rare, if not never seen before, occurrence. I don't think i've ever seen a movie with such an unlikeable character. He's arrogant, selfish, only focused on his own goal and will do anything to get there, but it's not even that inspiring, like i don't want to be like that! Immediately a lot of the lines were so out there that they were funny, like i'm like auschwitz but at least i'll finish the job, and throw a third nuclear bomb and the such. Even though timothee chalamet did such a good job with making me believe his big headedness, i still felt like i wasn't annoyed by him, i just found him kind of funny and bewildering. Honestly, i didn't like uncut gems, but here i understood the chaotic screaming shouting fast paced goodness and i think it works really well reflecting the busy ping pong tournaments with hundreds of balls flying around. HE NEVER EVEN USED THE ORANGE ONE! yeah that scene where they all get thrown out the window is pretty cool, but i still thought he was going to whip it out at some point. The cinematography was also really good. I love the first round of the tournament where it's all this beautiful dark green with overhead lighting and shadowy figures, and the camera instead of just showing us marty, it zooms into where he is really showing us how busy and chaotic it is. I though that was a super cool idea. I do feel a bit gaslit though haha, like did i actually like it? or did i just feel so overwhelmed that i was manipulated into thinking it was good? SO much happened. I thought there was gonna be a lot more ping pong but i am kind of glad there wasn't. I can barely even remember everything that happened! A lot of people are talking about the honey scene and how disgusting it was. It was a little homoerotic and uncomfortable but i do think it fit well. It added yet another jump to another story and another character but also it created such a contrast between him and marty, who has never done anything for anyone else. Maybe also marty likes the story so much and encourages him to tell it a lot is because he likes the idea of it, almost like being worshipped and literally saving people's lives. Literally what was the point of the dog? and why would anyone want a dog that isn't even theirs so much that they shoot four people for it and die in the process? like just hand it over?? i think that made no sense. I get it was their way of getting the money, and the falling from the sky in a bathtub was a really good chaotic moment. There's also something so funny about taking your pregnant, dying girlfriend to the hospital and then leaving to japan to go to your ping pong tournament hahaha. I loved the music in this, and there were some really cool montages and needle drops. Specifically New Order's the perfect kiss was just perfect. Also 80s synth pop is really not something i expected here, but it works so well. And tears for fears at the end. It is kind of his song where he really does want to rule the world. I think the end credits with 80s synthpop blasting and hundreds of babies crying at once really sums up this movie. It is kind of strange he accepts the child as his own, after the whole movie saying he cannot settle down. I guess now he can because he completed his dreams, but i still think they were really building up the movie showing his arrogance only to give him a bit of a half assed redemption arc at the end? I don't know what to think. I really think what i liked about this was watching it in the cinema. I think this is a cinema movie. It's big it's loud and colourful and epic and fast but i can't really see it having the same effect watching it at home on a small tv. Another thing i think is really cool is that, even though i dont even really like timothee chalamet that much, he (and inevitably the marketing team) really got all th

Kate winslet i was expecting more. And from the whole cast! She rounded up some amazing actors, probably because utilising her own fame as a bargaining tool when there are so many other directors waiting for their debut trying to scrounge up people a tiny fraction as famous or talented as the people in this. Anyway it was pretty shit. It feels really cliche, and even though it had some charming moments a la a BBC production, it felt really american and flat. Like it was written for the purpose of how it will be received and it should make some mums cry on christmas. Every piece of dialogue and every storyline felt like it was in line to do that. Even though i've never been a mother, me and mum were talking that basically every movie with a mother of a young, and sometimes older, child is struggling and burdened and burntout and bored, and maybe it doesn't always need to be like that and maybe the mother and father can also share the "burden"? I wish toni collete was allowed to show more of her range cuz she really is amazing but recently she's been cast in a stupid, annoying, comedic relief character role and i would love to see her in something better. The story just felt really lazy and predictable. I guess it's nice Kate winslet could turn her son's script into a film, but not if it's bad. Like this would actually be pretty cool (even though it stinks of nepotism) if he wrote a really good script for his class and she could give him the funding for it maybe instead of directing it herself and acting in it herself, or step in as a producer. Some scenes of poor helen struggling so much were a little hard to watch, she looked really old and frail which obviously was moving. The nurse being called angel was just screaming LOOK AT THIS SYMBOLISM! with no veiled-ness I also didn't really get timothy spall's character? Like he was just drinking beer and sleeping and then got told to stop so he did and just kept singing after? Probably won't be rewatching next christmas

Watching this and Marty Supreme in the same week is gonna give me an aneurysm. But I loved it! The one take shot just works so well here to create tension and make it feel stuffy and busy and awkward and real. I watched the miniseries first, also amazing, but i do wonder what i would've thought of the movie if i hadn't felt like i'd known the characters first. I knew a bit more about them and their backstories and that made this a little more open to me. It really does such a great job showing the trials of the hospitality industry and dealing with borderline abusive customers. Table 7 can go die. I've never worked in a professional kitchen (JG ross doesn't count lol) but i almost never even want to, it just seems horrible and i hate getting shouted at. It isn't a long movie but it actually felt really quick. Like it was obviously overwhelming and showed the anger and emotion of working in a kitchen, but it didn't feel dense or explosive to me. The ending was a little abrupt for me but i guess that's what the heart attack was like. Stephen Graham is amazing and always chooses such cool projects to take part in or even creates them himself. I can't imagine how the one shot take even works and how much planning and practice goes into it, it would be so cool to work on that set, except for if i ruined the last minute of the take hahaha. I LOVE emily she's so fucking nice and motherly i would love to work with her and her and jamie's relationship is so sweet. They do such a good job showing everyone's character and everyone's ups and downs in such a short space of time. I also think how someone deals with stress is really telling of who they are as a person. Like if you start shouting, or crying, or you just need to leave, or maybe you even thrive off of it, it's a really cool and unexplored concept in art and film i think. It is quite a simple concept but executed in an amazing way. Probably the best film i've seen all year... but it is only the 12th but it is up against some pretty good contenders so far. I'm feeling a winning streak this year.

i did watch this a few days ago, when i probably should've been revising and maybe not watching a TERRIFYING movie all by myself in the dark. The scene with the woman walking along the road with the big fields on either side and you see his head come up and hear him whistling and then he crawls out! I thought my stomach was gonna fall out my ass it was so scary. I honestly felt the ending was frustrating at first, the lack of closure and finality was annoying, but being based on a true story that's how it must've felt at the time. As annoyed as I was, I do think it is the right ending. When he looks into the camera because as we know he can tell when someone is lying, he looks into the audience's eyes and since the killer is just an ordinary person, it could be anyone watching. The actually chilling thing is that the real killer was caught and watched it! That must've been crazy getting called out like that. All jokes aside, a horrible person. I also read and liked an amazing review, about how this movie is not about the murders or about the killer, but about the pitfalls of obsession, desperation and a lack of faith. What do you do when your eyes can always tell if someone's lying, but suddenly can't? or if you believe the paperwork never lies, but when you think it's wrong it does? It's so scary how obsession will lead a person to disregard their key beliefs which have shaped their character up to that point. I didn't really realise the amount of symbolism of corruption and obsession while watching, probably a bit dim for that, but now i really appreciate it. The specificity of the song and the rain and red clothing is so horrific, it's like this is his kink or something. I wonder if that part is real too, cuz i know the part about it being women only and they were all strangled with their bras and tights and horrible things like that, but something about him like waiting for it and planning it and getting off on it makes it even more disgusting. I didn't love the third detective, who just beat people up, i guess he was there to add to their dumb and dumber routine in contrast to the smart guy from tokyo. But it was pretty sad when he lost his leg and they cut to his shoes with the sock thing on it :( The "killer" actually had a really disturbing face, like the kind of sickly femininity about him.... creepy. Gonna look into watching more bong joon ho, because I've like 3/3 of his movies i've watched.

In my sick state, i decided to go for a chick flick movie while having my soup. I don't really think this is the wow girlhood, i'm so messy and aesthetic movie for me the way people like alice think it is. It was ok... I like the blossoming of a friendship and a maternal instinct in molly, and it is cute how they start to care for each other. There's definitely something wrong with Molly, but they never really delve into it just like oh shes messy and quirky but sometimes sad cuz her parents died. Maybe I would've liked this more if i watched it growing up and it had a nostalgic aspect to it, but it doesn't so i dont. Her outfits were nice though, and i loved her red flat. I don't really resonate with the teacup scene in the way people make it out to be the best cinematic scene ever.

lol where was billy idol? I did think the idea was cool, the obsession with perfection and beauty is always an interesting topic to pick apart and this did it in a good way. It weirdly wasn't even the girl who was obsessed, but her father who i guess couldn't live with the guilt of what he had done to his daughter. The creepy medical body horror is something i don't really think could be redone today. It definitely wouldn't be appreciated by a large audience but also doctors just seem so much scarier back then! i feel like the surgery scenes would look so much less scary in colour and with medical tools. The girl with her mask on and wearing that triangular robe just floating around with her eyes was probably the scariest part. The first half hour was pretty boring, and really a lot of the story was really simple but i don't regret watching or anything. Good on her for the ending even though i guess the dad did just want what was best for her... or he was really controlling and couldn't accept having an ugly daughter. Anyways, it was ok

Oh my god the cinematography in this was so incredible, literally every scene could've been a painting. Specifically when alexander the great is waiting in the desert for the messenger and the they wait for him with the blue sky and orange dunes in the background. Also when they're running from the soldiers and in some kind of temple and its all red and brown. Also the opening scene with the horse! crazy! I really liked the little girl, especially her having an accent and speaking imperfect english, i found that really endearing and elevated the feeling of them being like a found family. Lee pace was so hot in this omg. It's weird though because his character is nice, but in the end unlikeable since he was just using alexandria for his own benefit and nearly killed her as a result. Still I loved their relationship and the tender love they share of storytelling, even though i guess roy didn't even like it but i think once he got into it he really did. The story itself was really surreal, lending itself well to its style. But honestly i think it was a little simple, like he's telling a story and then she's like tell me more so he tells more and on it goes. I'm not really sure what my critique is... and i'm not really sure what i want to change... but i think it's that the storytelling format, like fried green tomatoes and forrest gump it starts to get a little disconnected or repetitive after a while. Like it is one world and another and in this they didn't connect anywhere. I think because of this it ended up feeling like both worlds were a little underdeveloped. I did really like it! and i do think the end was really moving with her kind of taking over the story with her faith in it and in him. I didn't really get why she kept calling him dad in the story and he said he wasn't her dad? I was kind of hoping it would be a little more emotional but it didn't really get me to cry, maybe i'm just too tough to crack. Overall i would rewatch, i think it was sweet and gorgeous and really unique, something i've never really seen done before but something just didn't feel right

I was hesitant to watch this after wings of desire but i gave it a go because of just how good the reviews were... This had the exact same vibe! where it's just long and boring and nothing happens and im sorry that makes me sound like a brainwashed tiktok self diagnosed adhd kid but i swear im not! I think i can get into a long movie, if you have something to say if not and its just long for the sake of being long then it annoys me. I can get behind a movie where not much happens as long as the characters are interesting, and i can get behind a movie where the characters are unlikeable as long as the story is interesting. This was none of those! The cinematography was alright, but not like woah amazing so that didn't make me appreciate it more. The characters i don't think anyone can relate to, because theyre so far from real humans and the way humans talk to each other. like i dont understand why people are like wow its about the human condition and connection when its about an abusive man who walks around in the desert for four years not talking to anyone? like who is relating to that? and why did he do it? I slightly understand the end more and i did really like the format of the scene in the... sex shop? stripper bar? i dont know but the way all the rooms were different and the real anonymity of the one way mirror, almost life a confessional booth was a really cool choice. Anyway the characters aren't really likeable either. Travis was in a relationship with a 17, 18yr old as like a 35 yr old and was really abusive towards her, left their child as a burden on his brother then pulled a meryl streep and took him back only to dump him on his ex girlfriend who gave him up in the first place because she couldn't support him by herself. I dont understand what people see in this! And mum likes to say oh this was a different time when movies were less bright and flashy and full of story, which is true but again that's insinuating i'm some ipad kid when there are plenty of other old, long movies which i really like. Yes maybe it's not my exact cup of tea sometimes but i still can appreciate the plot, if there was one. The vibes of this also weren't there. Like I think movies like fallen angels or in the mood for love, there if very little happening but the vibe and cinematography are just amazing and carry the film, but this just had nothing to carry it. Not even the music was good! I really don't understand the 95% hype. This is another one that makes me feel incredibly stupid but at least here i have the courage to just say it's bad because i truly believe it is not my fault.

HAPPY BURNS NIGHT Watched this in a packed cinema! which i was not expecting. I think this movie is actually not that good hahhaha it's just so iconic at this point that everyone knows it and thinks they like it. Unless you're a 60 yr old man and you actually just like it. It's so funny to me that mel gibson, an australian, likes Scottish history so much that he researched it, directed a movie about it and then cast himself to play the heroic lead, like that is hilarious. It was kind of funny imagining him "directing it" and imagining him be like oooh maybe swoop round the side so you can see my rippling muscles and biceps more. It was also just super long, one battle and another battle and you think they're gonna lose...but then they win! like it's just not my cup of tea. I don't think i like war films that much unless they're about more of the mental aspect and internal struggles like all quiet on the western front, but this was just like mel gibson running lol. Also the whole time he was like i love my dead wife so much this is for her while literally shagging the princess. I think all the moments that were meant to be like inspiring and poignant like him shouting freedom at the end were just funny! and then the irish guy like rolling his eyes ahahhahahah. I guess it was like well made? there were a lot of people to manage and anything on this magnitude is always gonna be a challenge, but they did that well. And it is such an iconic film i need to give it credit where credit is due. Also what was wrong with Robert the Bruce's dad??? like everyone just acknowledges he's sick but he turns all green and warty? hahaha what

Ok wow This feels like a movie you either love or hate so it feels weird being in the middle about it but i think i am. It's a really weird experience because it's horrible to watch, it's all really uncomfortable and dirty and gritty but it works! and the last like half hour when it was all just flashing lights and screaming i was just like make it stop and checking how much longer there was left. Which seems like the sign of a bad movie! but i'm not sure, like getting such a visceral reaction is worth something. It's similar to requiem for a dream where it is like horrible to watch and you almost need to look away, but i did like that as well. Every scene lasts too long and every shot has the ugly, scratched linoleum flooring but it just works! I wish i could tell myself watching the opening dance number that this is not the weird part, it's gonna get so much worse. Also that number was pretty cool i love something about everyone dancing in different, everyday clothes like it's kind of like the back on 74 where they're all wearing different outfits and they each say something about that person and their personality. It's a little too horny and too vulgar for me but that also adds to the directness and grittiness so i see why they've done it. It seems like all my criticisms i can debunk. I do think it's quite a cool idea, almost like a whodunnit but in the most fucked up way. It is actually my nightmare being completely sober in that situation, i think i'd try to just go to sleep. I don't understand how gazelle isn't dead? since she was fully seizing and foaming at the mouth for ages but then wakes up with nothing wrong? anyway when her and her brother were having sex.... that was disgusting! the last straw! that's when i started checking how much there was left. As someone who's never done drugs and never had sex, this does feel really intimidating to me and i think that's partly why i avoided it for so long and why it still does make me feel pretty uncomfortable but it was a journey. I think i'm gonna give it a four. Even though i don't really want to watch it again, every scene felt like it was going on for so long, the lighting and music was nauseating and a lot of the characters didn't really make sense (the pregnant girl who kept cutting herself?? even though she was fully sober?) and it was literally like being stuck in a nightmare, I don't think it's a movie i will forget and i think that's really important. It was really dizzyingly well made.

This feels like a classic 3.5 to me. It's absolutely not bad but also i will probably forget this in a weeks time. I did like the story, but I think after watching something like memories of murder, very similar to this but just a lot better and something as beautifully fleshed out as parasite and mickey 17, this really falls short. It feels a lot more one dimensional and less complex. This seems to just show a mother loving her son and slowly becoming obsessed with the idea of his innocence. The idea of him being guilty drives her to madness and leads her to commit a murder herself in the spur of the moment. There were some crazy moments like when we found out it was actually her son and when she hit the junk collector, but neither really surprised me that much. I wouldn't go so far as to say they were predictable but i feel like if you gave me an hour to finish writing the movie i could've come up with it myself. Anyway not shitting on it, I really liked the ending where the like gets high off her acupuncture lol. I really thought that spot would kill whoever she does it to. Also the start of her dancing in the field instantly caught my attention. The music at the end was banging. I wish there was more music throughout, it was actually a really natural, quiet film. I know this is probably stupid but this felt really like it wasn't even filmmaking like it felt so natural, it was just filmed the way it happened and nothing was done showingly to the camera. If that makes any sense.... It never felt like someone had planned out the shot, it just felt like it happened and was filmed. Not sure if that's a compliment since i love really interesting filmmaking and obvious aesthetic shots but it did match the really grey, brown tones of the film and the bleak subject.

My last film on BFI player, i was so excited for this! I think it's because i really like something about people setting up systems for things and rebuilding and organising a little city/community underground. All in all, this was just too long. And I know that's kind of a shit critique but i find myself thinking it a lot. I guess I just really don't want to be a brainrot ipad kid who can't sit through a movie but i think it's just movies that don't have enough to say. And it's hard to have substance for more than two hours. As much as i like surealist photography, i dont think surrealist cinema is really for me. I didn't like what i watched of Daisies either. I think because with a photo you can look at it and it can not make sense and that's fine because the "plot" of a photo isn't really the main thing, it's more the visuals. But in a movie the plot feels a lot more important, especially if you're giving up hours of time to it, it feels almost wasteful to spend it watching something with no real substance. I'm not sure. And that's not entirely true. This movie had a lot going for it. First off the music! kind of aggressively jolly turned stressful polka underscoring practically every scene is hilarious and I love the vibe it added. I guess you also need to be a little more slavic and old for this, like have a firm grasp on the political situation at the time. I did read an interesting review which talked about how this was release a month before the Srebrenica genocide and how tone deaf it is to make a movie about how the poor people of serbia are so misunderstood and taken advantage during a literal genocide they are committing, which i completely agree with. I Honestly don't even remember much of what happened! I never knew who was in love with the blonde woman, i was scared of the monkey after seeing the primate trailer lol, and i was forever confused about the structural integrity of that bunker. I liked the plotline of brainwashing a community to believe there is still a war, not really sure why anyone would do that, i guess to stay in power of those people. I'm trying to remember things that happened but i literally can't! I only watched this a few nights ago. I did like the end, the repetition of once there was a country as the island in the afterlife floats further and further away. Overall too much, too long and too tone deaf. and i don't think that's me being too harsh.

Dragged mum through the pouring rain to the cinema for this. I also had very high hopes for this one, maybe i need to stop because that's what ruins films for me. Once again the music was banging, i really loved the use of like 80s korean pop to soundtrack a gruesome threeway murder. I think that really condenses down the dark humour which you can see in a lot of east asian films. I did really like the first half of this, the desperation personified and the idea forming, the gaslighting that he has no other choice and the uneasiness you get watching someone clumsy and stressed try to commit a murder. It's a special mix of terror and second hand guilt. I think the anti capitalist undertones were a little strong, maybe more overtones lol, but i always appreciate it. I really like the full circle moment at the end when he has the job, but in replacement of a bunch of people losing their jobs to structural unemployment. And he says he has no other choice. Like the hypocrisy is blinding! but it's so perfect to illustrate the corruption in capitalism. There's so many uncomfortable sounds in this, like very often there were such nasty noises of the branches of trees creaking and bending and the leather of a sofa squeaking and creaking in the most uncomfy way. It was definitely done on purpose and i think it really elevated the tension and uneasiness. Also that one scene where he wraps up the dead man was DISGUSTING and such a nasty body horror moment, same with him pulling his tooth out with pliers. And the noises of both of those were obviously very amplified. I would also have liked to see this be a bit shorter. I think by the third kill i was a little fed up of it and of his clunky routine, i also don't think it needed the whole police scene with his son getting caught, even though it did add good tension but i think it was a bit predictable so it didn't really add much and was kind of long for no reason. Beautiful cinematography, especially a lot of the green plants like in the first mans garden and in the greenhouse. Their whole house was just really beautiful and i want to live there. I didn't really get the point of the daughter being a cello prodigy? or her not really talking? like i understand he needed family to fight and earn for but i don't think they had to be these statement characters or have plotlines with no real purpose. Fun watch though.

FUCK I WROTE A WHOLE REVIEW AND LEFT THE APP AND IT DISAPPEARED Any way the gist of it was the cinematography was cool and the panning shots were really nice but it was actually kind of shit. The whole this was just baiting you to cry and it felt like it was just written to bring tears to the masses. Like what 6 year old says I give you my life let’s swap places since it can’t tell us apart?! That’s bad! I felt the same with Jessie Buckleys performance where it’s like she’s screaming and crying so it’s good, like the most unsubtle movie where it’s like she’s screaming so she’s good and will win the Oscar and there are tears in my eyes to it was emotional and made me feel something. Like it’s kind of gaslighting you into thinking it’s good. The play at the end, I didn’t really get what it had to do with his son, I guess just that he flipped the roles to show his desire to speak with his son in the afterlife, which is nice. It was just forcing the sadness down my throat, the tears into my eyes. The colours were nice though

Watched in a Hungarian cinema by myself! The subtitles were a little bit fast at some parts so some of the dialogue was lost on me but I really did like a lot of the parts in the movie. The main idea of plants have feelings is so pure and wholesome and it really does make you think. Some of the deeper meanings and themes I’ve read in other reviews just feel a bit forced, I think this was meant to be a more simple experience about nature. I specifically really liked the 1970s storyline with the geranium in the window and how they really bonded over her unique little experiment and how the boy takes part by connecting it to the gate! That part was so funny and cute I also loved how each era was shot with a different method, film and digital. It really added an extra layer to the era.  I do think the ending was a bit abrupt, like I wanted to know about the black and white woman (German Florence Pugh)‘s trip to India and if she gets to go, and what the girl thinks of her geraniums modifications when she gets back etc etc. I do really like the idea that trees are around for hundreds of years and the way people can exist separately and at completely different times but still have a common tree, it’s a really beautiful idea. I kind of thought the tree would be a bigger part of the two older storylines. I did feel like tony Leungs character was a little weird, like I didn’t fully understand the part where he gets high and naked next to the tree, or why the man is filming him doing tai chi? But I did like the isolation during covid and how he relayed to the tree being lonely :( I loved the human touch of adding all the names of the plants in the end credits, I think that’s such a cute idea and really reinforced the message of the whole movie. I think I will really think of plants differently now. They can’t live for hundreds of years with no thoughts or feelings.

how this movie won oscars i will never know, it was so bad! Some parts were really funny, but i think unintentionally. Like when nicholas cage stood up and waited like ten seconds before flipping the table over and then kissed cher. None of the dialogue made any sense, the whole thing was just weird. The ending was kind of funny when they're all waiting for johnny and random people just keep walking in and everyone is just cheating on each other. Did not find it romantic, did not find nicholas cage that hot (his hair was really bad) and didn't think cher was that good either... and that's amore

ughhhh the same thing happened again where i wrote a whole review and it disappeared!!!! so the main points were: First dogma film, i liked the way it was used here to make it really look like found footage and makes you focus on the story but also i love movies that look good, and i think this looks objectively bad. I love planning and detail and crisp cinematography, but i do undestand the point of it and would think this would feel a lot different if the camera was perfect and steady. I kind of thought it would be crazier, maybe i just overhyped it in my head and maybe because mum said she refuses to watch it but i sort of thought it would be worse. The amount of brainwashing and corruption in a family like that is crazy and it was really scary to see how quickly everyone swept christian's speech under the rug and just DID THE FUCKING CONGA!!?? But really my main issue was that after christian passes out and we return at breakfast, the dad has had a change of heart and decides to tell the truth, which i think is cutting out the most interesting part. I was most intrigued the whole time what he was going to say or do in that situation, being publicly called out, and what went through his head to get to his conclusion, but we didn't see it. I also didn't really like the part with the sister and her boyfriend partying, it feels awkwardly put in and i don't think they'd be so lighthearted in that situation. I love a movie with a small cast about family dynamics and i did really like this... but some things were a little off.

That house was so beautiful... i think renovating it into a sad grey millennial house was the saddest part. I loved the beginning, personifying the house and introducing the conflict between the parents. Other than this, that's kind of all we know about the family situation and i really wanted to know more about the dynamic between the dad and the daughters and why it is the way it is. I guess you don't always need to show everything, especially in a movie trying to be a little bit more low key and less in your face, but i feel like it was sort of unexplained what exactly 'happened' between them. I guess the dad is just a prick. Especially the scene when he's like you should have kids so you have something to care for. I feel like maybe poignant simple movies like this are just not my thing no matter how much i want them to be... i haven't had much success with them, or i guess i liked silent friend but that also had a little more going on. I also feel quite far from childhood trauma and its manifestations in adulthood so i didn't find this too relatable, thankfully, but it just fell a little flat for me instead of feeling really moving. I did quite like the moment between the two sisters and how she felt safe because her older sister was around, but i think vera would take this and milk it and say she was like the older sister even though she was/is not at all so i didn't relate much to that either. I did really like agnes though and thought she was so delicate and beautiful and helpful and maternal and always tries to keep the peace between her dad and her sister which i feel like i also try to do. I got really scared at the end before i realised it was the movie and i thought something happened to her. It was a really nice way to end the film, with nora performing in the film and it finally feeling right. Honestly congrats to elle fanning, the person and her character. She signed up to do this film where she's kind of made fun of a little bit as the out of touch american who is the second choice which is very brave and bold of her, i don't think i'd want to be in that role. But also her character being big enough to care so much about the authenticity of the script and to say goodbye to the money and the work to ensure the movie was made in the correct way, with nora in her role. That was a really nice moment. I'm not sure why this didn't eat for me... because i guess you don't need to relate to something to enjoy it necessarily, or maybe with more simple poignant movies about connection you sort of do. When emotion is the whole plot then you kind of need to be able to think about your own life in parallel to the film and see those overlaps. I can see why people would like this and i do too but i feel a bit disconnected from it and when there's not much else to go on it's hard to really get into it. The scandis are so beautiful though and i want to watch more movies from them because their style is quite interesting to me.

India is so vibrant in this movie, always bustling and a little claustrophobic at times but a really interesting landscape for such a tender story It weirdly didn’t feel that romantic to me, more like two people who each wanted someone to talk to finding each other. It is also so beautiful how when you have someone like that you look for things in your day to tell them about which improves your life just a little bit. The idea of being connected by an anonymous lunchbox is so sweet as well and, even though I’m not really big into food, movies about food and kitchens are really nice. I think it’s maybe something about it being such a… caring? Pure? way of expressing love for someone I guess some parts were a little boring and maybe the structure got a little repetitive after a while… but I like the idea so much still. I do still wish they met… but in my mind they did and they aren’t married, just best friends. It’s kind of evil to finish the movie there, but also maybe it’s hard to really imagine a real life for them together, like in the gavin and Stacey finale when they can’t actually show smithy and nessa living together because it just wouldn’t work. Anyway cutesy

lol this is cute. It's like full monty for ladies. Every white british woman ever is in this and they're all sweet. I think julie walters' husband dying was kind of thrown out pretty loosey goosey and she's fine with it by the next day lol. But i still like this, obviously it's not meant to be serious. Also i don't know who's bullying chris's son cuz his mum is cool?

Daniel day Lewis is terrifying in this, the way he acts and looks and speaks (exactly like morrisey lol) creates an immaculate character to make you uncomfortable. And because of that I really liked this first half, especially knowing basically nothing about the story going in, and it was a bit like is he going to kill her or rape her… or what… which is messed up but I found that uneasiness interesting and really well done. I was on edge the whole time especially during the breakfast when she was being too loud, the sound mixing of that was really good the way putting butter on toast is usually a sound I quite like but here I just felt it in my bones that it was going to annoy him. Yeah so I loved that and I do think ddl deserves the Oscar for it but also I can quite imagine him being a prick on set cuz he’s just so method.  But then the second half just got quite boring and their relationship started to be extra confusing when they said they loved each other and got married? When they clearly hate each other. The toxic relationship kind of brought no joy to either of them to me and I’m probably not emotionally intelligent enough to understand that dynamic. But I didn’t like the dynamic. It felt really stretched out when nothing was really happening. The Münchausen syndrome/Florence nightingale kink was interesting and I did like the idea that Reynolds is so closed off that the only way he can be slightly vulnerable is not be physically reliant on someone to survive. But it’s also so toxic lol. I really thought she was going to kill him and I kind of wish he did he’s such a prick. I didn’t really enjoy watching the second half but the more I write about it the smarter it seems actually. I was planning on giving it 3.5 and was kind of sad about it that yet another movie with outstanding reviews just falls a bit flat for me but maybe it’s better with time… But also if you feel bored watching that’s probably the worst sign that you’re not enjoying a movie. I think the ideas in it are really interesting and all the acting was great but the middle where nothing was really happening just got a bit long for me. I don’t know I’m torn… I would definitely like to watch more PTA cuz I do think he’s a really interesting, super original writer. Maybe I’ll enjoy it more when I’m a bit older and have been in a relationship but for now their dynamic did make much sense to me

sofia coppola is so fucking cool, her soundtracks are always amazing and this one was chefs kiss. Audibly gasped at the hong kong garden scene where it cuts from a strings version to siousxie singing ughhhhhh so good. I do really like the concept of this, really emphasising how ridiculous it was back then. She was 14 when she was sent off to basically shag this random man and this was meant to fix all geopolitical issues. They literally turned their daughter into a sex worker. And it's so bizarre that that was completely normal and i think this movie shows that so well. Also the way she was shopping and partying just like a wild teenager, it's completely crazy to expect her to be the perfect political leader at 14/15 and not just have fun. If she was raised in a way where she truly knows nothing about the outside world then i think it's absurd for her and her ten yr old husband to run the country. I was going to say at 17 now i do think i would know better than to spend half the country's wealth on my dresses lol but also I likely know so much more about the world than she ever did, especially with social media and news. The costumes and sets were all so perfectly curated, everything looked like cupcakes and sugary icing. Other than that i do think i was a little bored by the end. The interest of how she lived wore off midway through a little bit and it felt repetitive. I know it was probably made that way on purpose to show how boring it probably was and how much pressure there was on her but maybe I still would've enjoyed it more if it was a little shorter? I do also like kirsten dunst a lot as an actor and want to watch more of her movies. That's another thing i find so cool about sofia coppola is she has her favourites and she sticks with them, i imagine all her films feel like a really nice friendly girly hangout. It's getting annoying categorising movies like this. Because i liked this more than phantom thread i think which i only watched a couple days ago, but four stars feels so high, i really reserve that for movies i like liked. But i dont think i'll forget this movie and the societal/historical commentary and pointing out the bizarre nature of that marriage, and making you think that probably so many more were just as forced and awkward, is a really interesting story. But in the end it got a little boring with not much story or plot to keep it going. Also the cure being in it twice. :0 The mixing of old period pieces and characters with modern music and converse and things always feels a little funny, but i also really like it and i do think it made me fall into her shoes more, where i felt like she was just a wild teenager partying and dancing to the cure and siousxie and the banshees just like me. very smart movie of sofia coppola.

This is actually not the right order I watched good time last night but I feel like I still need time to digest that and can’t be bothered to write about it now whereas I need to get down all my thoughts about this now. I loveeeee this movie. It deals with so many big things, love, life, death, mortality, children, etc etc and it feels really real and realistic… even as someone who hasn’t truly lived yet. I really liked some of the little quirky parts kind of reminiscent of Amelie 🤭 I’ll sneak her in wherever I can. And a lot of this was really funny! The part about how the man doesn’t understand what his girlfriend being 3.1% Sami has to do with her attending exotic yoga… but he’s supportive hahahahha. Also the dream sequence when she’s on mushrooms and it’s all crazy and the cartoon baby laughs at the cats butthole being ripped off lollll  I really feel like this is the first movie that’s brought me into the perspective of adulthood and the dread of time passing, even though I’m only 17 and don’t feel like I’ve become times bitch just yet, hopefully I still have a good 15 years left in me where I’m looking forwards not back. Anyway, when Julie broke up with aksel (not even sure if those are their names, the names were really not very important) I really felt that dread of his. He was probably 45 ish then and I really felt horrible for him. He wanted kids the whole time and breaking up with his long term girlfriend made those years they spent together just a waste. Like filling the bath with the drain uncovered, pouring his time and love and devotion into the relationship and not getting his profit back of having a life with her and kids with her. Maybe that’s kind of a sexist way to think of it, like she owes him kids which I don’t think she does, it’s just what I immediately thought of. On the whole children situation, although her miscarriage is horrible, I was quite glad she didn’t end up happy with children. I think that would really undermine the choice not to have kids and if I didn’t want kids I would feel really validated by her saying she didn’t want kids and then having a child would just be like your opinion isn’t valid, your choice is wrong, only children can make your life whole.  Honestly his speech about the past and time passing was so moving. It’s another thing that I’ve not really experienced but this movie really brought me into it. When he said that he lives in the past and only has memories of things “but it’s not nostalgia anymore, it’s fear of death” omg. I feel like that’s another thing I never see in movies, someone dying and being scared and not being saved, not making a last minute recovery or not becoming weirdly ok with dying. Because people don’t like actually thinking about death in a scary way, the character always either needs to avoid it or accept it gracefully. That’s what makes his story so scary and so sad is that it’s also what I imagine more people go through. That’s another instance where it felt like I felt like time was passing too fast.  It’s really about being lost in your 20s and in your 30s but it isn’t romanticised. That’s why she feels like she’s the worst person in the world, because she hasn’t got it all figured out and she’s ever changing, and I really like the message of that.  Also the scene at the party when they’re “not cheating”, I’d be more angry at my partner doing that than having sex, it’s so intimate and private and clearly shows their emotional connections rather than just physical. I honestly thought they’d be together forever. This does make me weirdly excited for the future even though it should probably do the opposite. I just want to be in love and loved back and I loved when she said I can be myself so completely around you, I really think that’s what love is and that’s what I want. Not to get too cheesy. I do feel glad I’m still only 17 though. Coming back to reality after watching this I feel relieved that I’ve got time still. I did find it to be a little bit long in some parts… maybe my mind was just wandering a little bit.

oh my lord. i actually really like when directors have a recognisable style and now i understand the safdie style too i feel like that made this movie so much more enjoyable, maybe i should also rewatch uncut gems to see if my opinion has changed. Robert Pattinson is fucking good! His behaviour in this is so erratic and scary, and he actually looks crazy half the time. Also why did he dye his hair blond?? Benny safdie was also really good in this as the mentally ill younger brother who gets arrested. Its so hectic and stressful and does make me want to jump out the window, but i like it. When the guy fell like five storeys and you can hear him thud.... that was crazy. And the sprite bottle which will most likely never be found, despite it being practically gold to the underground world, is so tragic. This review is ass, i dont really have much to say, it was just a wild ride and i kind of never want to see it again even though i really liked it. It was also a great length! when i felt it was getting a little much and checked how much was left there was only like 10 mins. The ending is almost numbing and sad, it feels like we get a glimpse into the brothers true emotions towards robert pattinson. He is definitely quite manipulative and rude to his brother, but also to survive on the streets like that you kind of need to be.

March cinema!! and honestly cineworld union square was packed for a wednesday night and for a foreign film! Not sure what to think of this one. I really liked it visually, the colours were all so rich and vibrant, the sets really exuded the 70s vibe and i did feel transported to that time. I would maybe like to do a bit more research on what the political situation was in brazil to fully grasp the concept. Also loved the music! It matched the vibe perfectly and felt so bright and summery. It really all matched the bright yellow Beetle so well and the dark subject matter contrasted so well. I did have some issues with the plot... maybe im just a bit thick but this was sort of hard to follow. I didn't think there were many films anymore where i simply wouldn't understand what was going on but for the first half of this i was pretty confused and tried to enjoy the vibes without getting too hung up on the plot but then found my mind wandering a little. I didn't really understand what was going on with the leg, and why the police took the leg from the morgue... i guess to further show the extent of corruption and the horror that even the police are just mates with the assassins and can be bought and sold to do whatever. But i found that a little confusing. Also what marcelo actually did to deserve getting chased out the city? I don't get it like they took his funding for his research so he got mad and then the white guy who took the funding wanted to kill him? I feel like im being a bit dim but also i don't think the context was explained very well. I didn't really enjoy the mixed up order of events and not knowing the actual point of the character's journey til like 3/4s of the way in. I understand that it does keep it more fresh and interesting and adds a layer of discovery further in the film but it felt confusing to me when it really didn't need to be. Also did they murder his wife? Like not to be like stupid american blockbusters only tiktok brainrot but i feel like this was all a little underexplained. Love dona sebastian, our queen! and i love when people have jobs at the cinema like his father in law. The ending was weirdly sad. It didn't feel like it jumped to a point in the future cuz they didn't have ideas or anything and i dont think i wouldve wanted to see marcelo being shot. I DIDNT REALISE HIS SON WAS THE SAME ACTOR TIL THE CREDITS!! I realised they looked pretty similar but it is really crazy what hair does to a face. It felt kind of like speaking to nedzad. He knew so little about his dad and he suddenly was given all this info and was conflicted by whether or not he should listen to it. I think i would have to. But also it's different cuz if my parents died now i think id still remeber them and want to hear their voices. The shooting scene was amazing. omg when he shoots him in the eye and the screen turns red! that was chefs kiss. My butthole was clenched the entire time. So much tension in that scene and when the guy gets shot in the barber shop, also didn't see that coming. I guess it is ultimately a movie about corruption in the 70s in Brazil. A man is being chased for... making some people angry? and since they are so powerful they can just hire some assassins. corruption. The assassins give a fraction of their large fee to some sort of factory worker to do the job for them. corruption. The police clearly commit some sort of crime and get rid of evidence by paying staff at the morgue. corruption. Maybe i would like it more on a second watch when id spend less time being confused and would actually have an idea of what was going on. It was a bit too long though... almost three hours and it did get a bit tiring in the middle. Not as much as it could have! but still a little bit. Kind of had higher hopes after reading some amazing reviews and it was good. But probably not oscar winner good. i also literally dont know what makes a good actor. I was trying to compare wagner moura's performance to timothee chalamets in marty supreme which i do actually think is a good performance, but its so difficult

such a good topic for louis to tackle and it is really current and interesting, especially after adolescence. That being said, i thought it fell a bit flat. I know he's not a miracle worker but i kind of wanted for him to argue and get into some debates and challenge the disgusting mindset. It feels like his silence is powerful but can be misunderstood, for the normal population watching he's quiet because he's in shock and wanting the mens' stupidity to speak for themselves but i think for many young men watching (if they even watched) they think he's quiet because he's been outsmarted, he's getting owned etc etc. This works really well in an educational way, to expand the topic and share with the older generation who watch netflix and louis theroux. The men he talks to are truly disgusting, the whole one sided monogamy thing just shows what pricks they truly are. The way they "know women better than they know themselves" fuck right off. I was so happy to see Angie broke up with that loser. As impactful as it was it kind of just felt like watching a compilation of these guys' videos. It didn't feel like louis tried to really get inside their minds, or try to dissect the toxicity, or speak to young boys (and their parents) who are consuming this content. I can appreciate that that would be really hard especially with these kinds of people who are so stubbornly fixed in their ways. But i feel like from their perspective this must feel like an absolute win. They owned and silenced louis theroux, got great exposure for their brands and channels and continue to brainwash young boys into becoming stock investment misogynists. Unless they actually read comments or news articles about how dumb they are i doubt they feel any negative impact of this. In fact they may even gain followers from the free advertising. Not sure about this point because it is also bad to keep this underground, growing silently. It's hard to expose something while not giving it free advertising. I feel like this would be good as a series. I would want it to go a little deeper. It is really good and eye opening, especially for older people who dont know much about the topic. I definitely feel like some boys in my year are, not quite this brainwashed, but consume some of this content and maybe believe in some of the key ideologies. Like taking the red pill and escaping from the matrix and investing in stocks and becoming rich. The boys who have dropshipping businesses and write rape lists are the boys who have been influenced by this radical content and i think they're weak minded and fucking disgusting pigs.

I dont have much to say. This is pretty silly It feels like a very nostalgic movie even though it wasn't part of my childhood. I think that's the main issue i had was that it is so culturally different to what i grew up with. It feels like if it wasn't part of your childhood or you don't have nostalgic feelings towards it then it feels just a bit silly, kind of funny but not lifechanging or anything. It feels like watching gavin and stacey or nativity but not growing up/spending a lot of time in the UK or going to british primary school. I can see how you would like this and quote it and have inside jokes about it but it won't be that for me. Also why does it look like it's from 1976 ahahhahaha. It's nice, it's cute, i like the storytelling aspect and the little quirks of the family but im sorry i watched it maybe three days ago and i don't remember much of what happened. The vibe of the constitution. That's going straight to the pool room. Maybe now that vera and paul have shamed me for not creaming myself over it i like it less. She always does this...

Strangely im going against the grain in a positive direction. People don't seem to like this as much as i did. It was crazy to see the amount of propaganda being spread and the amount of brainwashing of young children. You always villainise the aggressor, and in some cases rightfully so, but you often forget that war is the action of a very small minority. It doesn't positively affect most. I didn't even take the time to think of how the anti putin russians must be feeling. As pasha also said, it is incomparible to what is going on in Ukraine since their tragedies are greater and their losses are higher, and they are truly the victims. Maybe that's why this documentary felt extra interesting to me, because it wasn't a war film it was a really unique view on the situation. It is insane though. I felt like i was in history class watching a documentary on nazi germany and writing mind maps on propaganda techniques so i'd know before miss mcgrath asked me. I guess brainwashing was always prevalent in russian schools, and thats why a lot of people dont like this movie. But if it reaches small corners of russia and teachers feel a noticeably shift in the atmosphere i think that's pretty clear evidence of shocking government intervention. I found it to be so human and so real. Pasha could just be your brother or friend and his friend group/students could be my friends too. Everyone felt so regular. I really like the way pasha involved himself in the film. I think this style of documentary making where it's almost like the filmmaker is the subject who is finding out things or exploring a topic in real time and sharing it with their camera/audience is really my favourite. This is especially critical here since pasha's situation is insane, how he managed to flee the country but also probably being watched by putin's assassins. And how he was brave enough to do so??? and leave behind his life because he had to. That is so weird, being almost a refugee but not really because your country isn't actively dangerous or turned to rubble. And still loving it and longing for it and not knowing english but having to move. I loved his speech about the little things he loves about his town. It also felt really human and pure. Also Masha, who seems so much like me. There really are teens everywhere feeling emotions, creating, writing, living. and yet we all feel so alone. It feels similar to being in bosnia and speaking to nedzad. It's so weird that he was my age when he was part of the genocide and it's also weird how people across the world are in that situation now, like masha. It must've been really hard leaving like that. As their rebellious role model who created a classroom where people could go and feel safe, i imagine it must've felt awful leaving them behind, i guess like guilt. It's also so strange to me how much he loves his hometown as someone who kind of hates theirs. Even looking in from the outside, it seems like the place rosa would cream herself to be in with grey soviet architecture, snow and industrial plants. Maybe i shouldn't be so critical of aberdeen. And maybe i should learn to love it. I also don't know how he can have such bad personal memories from school of feeling lonely and being bullied and end up working there! I still want to get away from my school and i have had a fine experience. The ending was so beautiful. The kids all graduating and no one knowing that it was also pasha's last day there :(. And when he said we danced in the most polluted city in the world, and the air felt clean OHHHHHH. I just hate when kids have their childhoods robbed from them because of selfish pricks wanting....land??? are you fucking kidding me? This is like grave of the fireflies all over again... The teacher who was like in the party was so scary, i cannot believe he won best teacher, defo rigged. he looked a lot like the critic in ratatouillie. Also the kids marching in the circle were singing a star called the sun by kino... as of right now im not sure why but it must be from something since i doubt they're chanting 80s a

After really liking the worst person in the world i thought another movie from the oslo trilogy would hit really hard. I did find it really beautiful and moving, although super depressing. I think specifically the scene with the girl in the cafe describing things she wants to do, some simple and easy and others much more complex, but i love when people talk about how much they love little things in life. Something about drug addicts will (hopefully) always feel foreign to me and unrelatable. As painful as it is to watch them revert back into their ways, especially after working so hard for so long to recover, it feels like a really distant feeling to me. I guess you don't need to relate to something to enjoy it, but then again in a movie where it is a very simple premise and built around the emotions of the character, i think it is quite important to feel like you are in their shoes. I would really love to like this but it's only a few days later and i've kind of forgotten what happened... maybe i should've written this review straight after watching. The overnight party with anders, his friend and the two girls feels so carefree and light. I guess this is probably a stupid way to look at it but it felt like Anders had so much going for him, maybe it would take some time to fully rebuild himself and get a steady job that he enjoyed and find someone he enjoyed spending time with and it would definitely be hard and take time to resist the drugs but also none of it seemed impossible for him. He had such deep connections with some of the people he spoke to. That night didn't really feel like the night before you kill yourself to me. It felt uplifting, but maybe it was really just his last hurrah, or maybe he didn't plan committing suicide. But i think he must've since he stole the money from people at the party to buy the drugs. So far joachim trier's work has felt really focused on character and emotion and here i just didn't feel that close to Anders so I was a lot less moved. I also felt really bad making mum watch this because of what she went through just the day before... I honestly didn't know it would be so much about suicide.

This was unexpectedly much more depressing than i thought it was going to be. I kind of thought he would be insufferable and big headed, but i thought it would be in a kind of funny and well liked way. But this was so sad! When everyone just asks him to introduce them to rogers... and when elizabeth and him sort of fall in love right in front of him it feels so gut wrenching for him. Their relationship was very confusing, because of the huge age gap but also he speaks about her with such love but when they meet she is very matter of fact and literally gossips about other boys with him like they're both teenage girls. I do think that was a sign he was actually gay. They tiptoe around it for a lot of the movie and i feel like he tells himself he's romantically in love with elizabeth when it's really just lust and he views her as so unattainable that he wants her to be his latest conquest. If he's already being forced out of the musical world, he may as well have such a beautiful woman on his arm that everyone's heads turn. He did talk so fucking much though. And not having seen casablanca or oklahoma!, i did feel a little left behind and confused. So much of his dialogue was references to things which you really need to know the time period to understand. I do think this was one of the best performances, definitely better than michael b jordan... He just played the character so well and the layered emotion specifically of being so clearly hurt by things going on, like when rogers walked in with massive crowds round him or when elizabeth just ignored him and his party to go with rogers, but still masking his pain to continue talking about himself. Like convincing the people around him that he's fine when he's actually dying inside. Also when he's talking in the bathroom and knuckles leaves. I feel like that was one of the first bullets in his chest. I really like the super simple concept of having one set, one location and staying there for the whole movie. A smoky, mahogany bar with deep lighting and plush red chairs is a perfect location and it was kind of like the bar scene in birdman which i just pulled out my ass but remember really liking. Just everything he does is so perfect to the character, even sucking on that massive cigar oh yes! hes tiny! That added soooo much to the character and i think really helped build the sympathy for me. Something about a man being so comically small is already kind of pitiful, but then for him to be kind of old and ugly too and then sad.... that really gets me. Big headed people realising no one likes them would usually bring be such catharsis but here it just feels so hollow, i want him to continue thinking the best of himself as that's the only way he'll keep getting up in the morning. Maybe loving elizabeth was also a good project to keep him occupied. I sort of don't have much more to say, maybe some of it was a little boring since it is just so much speaking. Is he gay? is the question of the day. I would like to think yes since if i was him it would make my two unrequited loves for women sting a little less. He is really creative too, with so many quick snappy good ideas and he has a place for all of them. Elizabeth's character was quite annoying. I don't understand who would lead on an old man like that and then not even like him. Maybe i'm just too private about things like that but i don't think i would ever spend a weekend with a man i didn't like or wasn't interested in. She was quite manipulative to him but he clearly lapped it up. Maybe i shouldn't feel so sorry for him, he was probably an asshole. His turn to alcoholism is literally visible in this movie too, the way he keeps charmingly asking for shots as a coping mechanism, and then doesn't even have his party after all! I wonder if it was ever even planned or if he just said that to act like he had better things to do to protect himself. AND WHEN HE CROUCHED DOWN TO PICK UP ALL THE CARDS! i didn't think i could feel so much pity and empathy for a kind of grotty little man.

There were so many really beautifully composed shots in this. It all felt really textured and layered, always playing around with foreground and background which is really unique, i haven't seen it much before. I like that feeling lost in your 20s was also an issue in the 60s and that people were still making art about that period of life. Although I kind of doubt people were allowed to just laze about for months doing nothing, cuz of the crazy societal pressures to get a job, keep studying, marry or have kids, unless you were a full blown hippie or something. The story must've been quite scandalous back then in terms of an older woman not only cheating but also with a much younger man, and then the added awkwardness of falling in love with her daughter. The scene where mrs robinson and ben meet and she quite aggressively seduces him and forces him to stay longer and longer is strange. If it was an older man making a younger girl kind of uncomfortable it would then this movie would be SO much different. Like it was borderline rapey if i pictured it being the other way round. I guess this way less so since i would imagine a man in his 20s is stronger and can defend himself from a 40 year old woman. Also I think he was uncomfortable because he did find her attractive and did kind of want it. I guess that's the difference. After meeting elaine, ben falls in love very quickly, we don't really see anything about their relationship so it just felt a bit flat and lustful to me. He was just like by the way i didn't rape your mum and then she stopped hating him and said she'd marry him... Mrs Robinson's story is kind of sad, when she forbids him from asking out elaine because "hes not good enough for her" but i think it's probably because she knew this would happen. Ben's numbness and boredom is interesting in the first parts, since it's a unique view on being a young adult in the 60s which isn't really shown anywhere else, but also it does get a little old after a while. Or maybe that's what depression is actually like. But i feel like if his issue is being worried about the future you have phases, you're not always thinking of big existential problems. Also why does everyone scream so much so loud? We get you're angry but why do you start shrieking like you're being killed? And your son is getting married so you're happy but why do you scream? Don't really have much else to say, the ending was sweet. The simon and garfunkel music was really good here, but it was a bit repetitive. We don't need to be asked if we're going to scarborough fair six times. I think now when this film is maybe a little less controversial and crazy, it feels a bit empty and boring. It has clearly held out as being an iconic movie for so many years for good reasons, but it does feel quite dated to me. I feel like i say this a lot... so maybe it isn't true but i don't think i need blockbuster intense happenings to be entertained, and i do like movies where not a lot happens, but this was just a bit long compared to the amount it had to say i feel. Like kramer vs kramer is banging, with probably the same amount of goings on but the key problem is more interesting, timeless and well acted.

Post Taiwan watch and I felt like I knew more about their environment and lifestyle :) It’s crazy that Dafen is a pretty big city with tens of thousands of painters and I’ve never even heard of it. I kind of just thought paintings like that were printed not actually done by hand I do think the subject matter was really interesting but I did find it a bit boring after a while. The part where they go to Amsterdam is really heartbreaking especially when he says it’s just a souvenir shop :( that’s so sad like they’re so naive and really don’t know much of the western world.  It is really beautiful how much they care about art and Van Gogh, despite being so different from him. Like the hours they’ve put in painting have been almost getting to know him and they see his work so purely it is really beautiful. I also found the way the men consoled each other to be really nice and so untoxic.  I would enjoy it more if the middle was a bit shorter and if maybe the colour grading was a bit more cinematic but I do really like this slice of life documentary.

April cinema watch The marketing around this was kind of weird but i have to be honest that it did work cuz i was intrigued. I actually ended up really liking this. I think it's an interesting social experiment kind of thing and how people deal with guilt, loss, betrayal and trauma. Personally i think planning a school shooting is different to what she was doing, or im not sure if she had the logistics sorted but i think a stupid child feeling rejected and bullied and falling into this role by mistake because they find it to be aesthetic isn't completely acceptable but kind of close... To me this feels like more of a critique on gun violence than an attack on emma as a person. If a child is in an environment where they feel horrible and then you add a gun into the equation it's almost inevitable that this'll happen. Rachel's character's confession is probably worse than emma's. I really like the song they play when rehearsing the wedding dance and there was a lot of other really good music in it too. Some of specifically robert pattinson's dialogue felt kind of fake, like when he whispers in her bad ear how much he loves her, it didn't really feel to genuine. The way it's edited is pretty interesting, usually it's not something i pay attention to or even notice but this really called for attention. So many harsh cuts and jumps especially at the beginning made it feel immediately pretty intriguing. I don't normally really like when movies jump around in time a lot, but the already unique editing made it feel like it made sense. The added pressure of the wedding and having this looming countdown to their commitment was really stressful. It felt kind of like the celebration in that way, where having this whole thing be a public event just creates so much unnecessary second hand embarrassment and your butthole is clenched the entire time. Charlie cheating was really the last straw and when it gets found out at the wedding!!! The whole thing was just so awkward! I really like the message at the end that if you love someone that means accepting their flaws and mistake from their past and loving them unconditionally for who they are now. The ending in the burger place is really sweet for that. Overall i really liked it, it raised a lot of interesting moral questions, created an very successfully stressful environment and looked good while doing it. It did feel a little too A24, which i don't really love cuz their movies are the classic i love film people's favourites.

WOw the cast is amazing! It really drew me to this film having so many amazing women together as an ensemble and they really pulled it off well. I didn't understand at first if this was in the past or dystopian kind of like the handmaids tail or never let me go or what but having the census scene helped me get my bearings that they're amish... i think. I did a little research after and found this was actually based on a true story, sadly not the part where the women decide to leave, but the part about the mass tranquilisation and raping of girls and their families in a similar colony/community/tribe in bolivia. Just thinking about that is so horrible and especially hearing about the rape academy alongside it where modern men are learning to do the same thing from each other is fucking disgusting. But also there is something to be said about the way these amish men, who are untainted by technology and movies and other things which i guess could persuade men to rape people, still do it! It's like its in their nature which is really scary. I do think it a bit unrealistic that women who can't read or write and just farm and cook would be so smart and eloquent but oh well. Ona is kind of like Socrates in Plato's republic. She often disproves people's arguments in really well thought out way and takes the time to define the basic elements of the question they are asking. What is a man? what would the rules of our new colony be if we were to leave? I would like to like Jessie Buckley in this also but I think her accent is kind of bad... like with everything she says i can still her her irish twang, which is annoying because it takes me out of her performance even though I know she could eat it up if she could do it in her own accent. Frances Mcdormand always finds such good misandrist films to be in and support and she'll always be a queen for that. Personally I think Clare Foy was really good, her speech about motherhood was really heartbreaking and I think resonates with so many women. I don't even have children but I was still feeling maternal. Raping a four year old is probably the worst thing you can do. In the article I read they said the women of the community were offered psychiatric help and whatever leader (MALE) said why would they need therapy if they were asleep for it? Like what the fuck. I think some lines from this really disproves his point. When she says they can feel the hands that are no longer there and when the LITTLE GIRL says I used to wonder about how I would be if it hadn't happened to me. A lot of people complain about the colour grading... yeah it was a bit rub it in your face bleak and gray, but i didn't really mind it. I think you get used to it after a while and makes their wrinkles pop in a really weary way. Which is usually bad, but here just gives the whole film and air of exhaustion.

It was ok… Really pretty cringe and boring and predictable, it probably like it more if I’d seen it when I was younger and had more nostalgia attached to it. I think that’s why most people like movies like this. Will probably forget about this in a couple days time… I’d I’m ok with that

I kind of thought this would be better. Tiktok hyped it up a bit too much. As a lonely shy teen some parts of it did hit, I liked some of her monologues about how people always want you to express yourself but no one actually cares what you have to say. But it kind of felt like a serious subject matter put into an american high school movie. Like if it was about teen loneliness and sexual assault in a more serious way it would've been good or if it was just about a classic american high school it would've been good. Maybe that's just what high school is actually like... but i doubt it. It feels too fake, too cliquey and just overexaggerated. Like at a normal school people aren't bullied by the whole school shouting at them and throwing food at them, it's a lot more subtle and underlyingly mean. I think things like that really took away from the core subject. I like the cool male art teacher stereotype cuz mr rencontre fits right in and the whole thing did make me feel kind of nostalgic for school. Isn't it fucked though that while watching i was thinking that she's three years younger than me and has kissed someone.... I just watched a video on virginity and how it is really a patriarchal idea meant to make it seem like men and their dicks have the power to change women and I think i need to think of it more like that. I wanted it to be more artsy i think, or more deep. It is kind of weird to make a tiktok sound glamourising her trauma and depression... and her tree drawings weren't that good.

Im probably the furthest away from being a jewish new yorker, I don't really know anything about jewish culture but I did really feel enveloped by this. The awkwardness, the discomfort felt like an elevated version of any family gathering ever. Both characters felt a little immature to me. I can understand it is a completely awful and awkward situation but I don't think danielle had to send nudes at a wake and I don't think the man had to interrogate her about law school and stuff cuz he doesn't really have a leg to stand on. The characters and the situations just felt kind of unrealistic because of that, I can't really imagine doing anything but trying to avoid that person. I think the man is fully to blame, having a wife and a baby??? and having sex with a 20 year old and paying her??? disgusting. Honestly watched this a couple days ago and i've kind of forgotten what happened in it... The scene where she goes full panic attack mode is really good, the camera and cinematography is pretty cool in that part. I also really like the way it stuck to basically just one setting, it did get a little boring and maybe a little repetitive, but it was short enough that it didn't feel like a drag to get through. I liked that as well. people need to make more shorter movies, like not everything needs to be 2 and a half hours long, especially not if you've run out of things to say. I know people like the bisexual representation and the way maya holds her hand at the end to give her a glimmer of hope, but their relationship felt a little weird to me. Maybe I just can't really be that fake to people but I don't really get how you can hate someone, be super passive aggressive to them and then send nudes to someone else, kiss them and then hate them and then love them again in like an hour. It felt like they didn't really like each other. A really simple concept which I did like but felt a little repetitive after a while like oh another thing goes wrong and another thing. It was starting to feel a little sitcomy, but at least those only last about a quarter of this.

MY MUBI IS RUNNING OUT. I've taken it for granted and panic watched this last night. Another nice short film... and i'm glad it wasn't much longer. I don't know if this is what Fins are like... im guessing they're not this quiet and independent. But first, her flat was really cute. Something about scandinavians and primary colours EEEATS. This just felt really one toned, and i get that was the point but I don't think you need to boil quiet people's relationships down to nothing but a lack of loneliness. I think they deserve so much better, because they probably feel close on a much deeper level. Some parts of this were really deadpan and funny and awkward, but I think once that charm wore off I was just confused by why they were even together. I try my best to be an advocate for shy and awkward people and their relationships but they can't just kind of have no connection. I guess that's too harsh, they felt something for each other and as long as that feeling was mutual it means something special. It was really pure and sweet. Not to bring everything back to amelie.... but that is also about two shy and awkward people being in a relationship and they didn't even talk to each other but it felt like the understood each other on a deep level. These two just kind of had no realtionship. Or maybe it was just so quiet it could be perceived as not being there. There were clear acts of love there, like waiting for him at the hospital and taking her to the cinema, giving up drinking partly because she rejected him because of it. Maybe this movie is actually about loving in your own way. Just because relationships in other movies are about grand romantic gestures doesn't mean all love is that way and thats fine.

Stephen Graham is crazy, it's kind of scary how well he portrays the character. These people really intimidate me and so I feel really far away from them. I never knew there were not racist skinheads and I didn't know the girls actually cut their hair like that, that's actually horrible. I kind of didn't understand the dynamics here though... like why is everyone inviting this literal child into these situations? why is a 12 yr old and a 30 year old in the same gang? and why is like an 18 yr old asking a 12 yr old to suck on her tits??? As someone who is 18 I don't think i've spoken to a 12 year old... probably since I was 12 myself and I don't really understand why you would unless they were family. I guess they're meant to show the corruption and brainwashing of the young and he was so young to really emphasise that, but I think the same message would've gotten across if he was 17 or something and then it would've felt a lot less weird. The massive age difference just really took me out of it. All the characters feel very complex, but in ways I don't really understand someone who grew up very good. Combo was really really scary though and I think it's especially scary that reform lads are basically turning into him, which was already meant to be an extremist character back then, but now it's just becoming normal. Yeah they don't have crosses tattooed on their foreheads but the words they say are the same. I didn't really get the tattoos, they didn't really seem religious... The scene in the shop where they rob it for the party is really horrible, all of it is actually really horrible. What I don't get though is how there were black skinheads, and what skinheads actually are, like was it just a fashion trend? Or they stood for the exact opposite, like anitracism and peace but they weren't hippies they were lower class usually brits? But then how did skinhead become synonymous with basically nazis? because that's what I think of when I hear about skinheads and I even thought they had swastikas tattooed on their foreheads before I watched the movie. I'll need to do some more research. Anyway I think this was a really raw interesting take on racism and the youth and brainwashing and gang mentality, I didn't like that shaun was literally 12 and thought it was a weird choice but overall scary and eye opening