Bearded geek. English-Palestinian. Film-maker and writer, rat race escapee. Riddled with anxiety.
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The Personal History of David Copperfield 2019
Is it bad that I kindof sympathise with Uriah Heep? I feel like it's bad that I kind of sympathise with him.
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Lady Bird 2017
There, Panicky, I've finally watched it instead of just reading the script!
After yesterday's Hashtag-Instaselfie dialogue in Assassination Nation, this was an extremely refreshing palate cleanser.
The dynamic between mother and daughter here reminds me a lot of my sister's relationship with my mother when she was around this age, but she doesn't see that so I'm probably misremembering?
Anyway, yes, excellent.
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Under the Shadow 2016
Smarter people than me will have dissected the symbolism of this and the unique frame of reference that comes with a horror film set in Iran. All I can say is that I loved this and then ramble about some personal stuff that's mostly irrelevant.
I loved this.
I grew up in 1990's Jordan (and, much later, Palestine) where belief in the Djinn was pretty widespread. I remember jumping over the first tile in the bathroom because that's where some…