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  After Yang 2021

  Watched by ava 21 Jan 2022 1

  endless endless tears

  
  kogonada has an explicable understanding of the human heart and his ability to lay it bare in the most delicate, tender ways always renders me awestruck (and half the time, ugly sobbing). he understands the intricacies of feeling, how the smallest things may tug at our minds and at our hearts. one of the most empathetic, sincere filmmakers working today.

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  Licorice Pizza 2021

  Watched by ava 05 Jan 2022 1

  in the words of the great cher horowitz, "a full-on monet."
  or in other words, is there really anything there behind the pretty facade?

  alana haim, however, is indeed a star.

  ETA: saw this with someone who is now the most abusive piece of shit! so in my heart this is a one star movie just for the awful memories <3

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  How I Live Now 2013

  Watched by ava 04 Feb 2020 21

  sorry i can't properly rate this i fully lost consciousness a quarter of the way through the movie because my ass was violently astral-projected into the fifth dimension watching george mackay (a) pet and herd some cows, (b) chop wood, (c) go swimming in a lake, and (d) care for an injured hawk, among many other things ALL while wearing some very soft sweaters and you know what?
  for someone who cannot stop daydreaming about eloping with this man to…

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  And Then We Danced 2019

  ★★★★★ Watched by ava 06 Apr 2020 12

  the way that merab rests his head in the crook of irakli's neck, leans up just slightly to kiss it, then turns to face him and look him in the eyes. like a flower turning up towards the sun, blooming before us.

  the way that we are sent weaving through room after room after david's wedding, after irakli's heartbreaking confession. the way we linger on family members talking, dancing, celebrating.
  (so so so much love in every single one of…