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  Inland Empire 2006

  ★★★★★ Watched by dj2109 12 Apr 2022 2

  this hits different in 2022

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  The Matrix Resurrections 2021

  ★★★ Watched by dj2109 05 Apr 2022

  not even that bad, asks a lot of really interesting questions
  i found myself being very very excited by the world that was being set up in the first half and it totally fell off towards the end but the first half was definitely excellent imo

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  Writing with Fire 2021

  ★★★★★ Watched by dj2109 11 Nov 2021

  Really beautiful film, I think that the crowning achievement of this film is how close we got to the Dalit women in the film, and got to see their humor and family and angst and just their full humanity despite being part of the “untouchable” class of the caste system in India. At the q and a, the filmmakers seemed to want to communicate that the most, and I feel like they definitely succeeded. One of the directors described these…

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  Moonlight 2016

  ★★★★★ Rewatched by dj2109 15 Nov 2020 1

  This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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  Barry Jenkins’ film Moonlight is an intimate drama following the growth of Chiron, a young black man struggling with his sexuality amidst the impoverished lower-class neighborhoods of Miami. Films about lower-class African-American stories are not uncharted territory for filmmakers, but Moonlight is unique because of its focus on Chiron’s personal individuality. Other directors like Jordan Peele invent nightmarish scenarios to display the African-American experience, while others like Spike Lee employ gritty social realism to capture it. However, Jenkins pays…