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White Men Are Cracking Up 1994
So I could finally watch this short and wow! This could've easily been a feature film! It has so much potential and is so interesting. Maisie Blue is one of the most charismatic and intriguing characters I've come across in my life.
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Hold Me Back 2020
I feel like I'm constantly telling people how Akiko Ohku has a special gift and eye for capturing anxiety, loneliness, and more. But the women she creates are so damn complex, so wonderful, so vulnerable, anxious but LOUD! They talk, they are active; they have flaws. Their insecurities, fears, and vulnerability never make them passive characters that just exist on the screen. Women in films and on TV are still to a degree depicted as likable and polite. Even the…
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Tokyo Sunrise 2015
It's still difficult for me to watch films that depict the loss and grief of a friend. Somehow Tokyo Sunrise felt like I'm taking a long warm bath. Comforting and poetic but never pretentious or romanticizing suicide. It perfectly captures the darkness and light that come with grief. Something I love about the film is the way it depicts how cruel and puzzling it be to not know about the struggling side of a person. So many questions pop up.…
