fun as hell
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Dancer of the City 1970
Frantic cuts and camerawork turn an affair into a total whirlwind. Strange, sometimes too silly, but hypnotic…
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Children of Shatila 1998
If your heart doesn't break for Palestinian children — then and now — I ask, where has your humanity gone?
"Palestine must never be forgotten. Promise me that."Another great Q&A with Mai Masri.
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May December 2023
Much like Carol, a master class in gestures and glances... though of course in a completely different way. I need to rewatch this just to see, more closely, how these women hug and smile at each other, brewing with contempt and perverse curiosity. As for Mother Melton... I was not familiar with your game.
35mm.
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Frontiers of Dreams and Fears 2001
A film filled with so much hope and so much heartbreak. These days, I feel so much of the latter. I was just a constant stream of tears while watching the embraces of loved ones between barbed wire, Palestinian children saying their dreams are dying under the occupation, ghostly walks through ruined land that was once their ancestors'... Even happier moments — a surge of hope right after South Lebanon's liberation, exchanges of flirtatious letters between teenagers, girls giggling in their…
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Man's Favorite Sport? 1964
Would be so fun to be a beautiful Hawks nut who nearly ruins a man's life <3
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Experiment Perilous 1944
Predictable, but still loved seeing it play out — including the exploding fish tanks.