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They filmed femicides and called it cinema. Disgusting, exploitative, pointless. A woman directing this too.. there’s truly no hope for women. They clearly thought they were doing something by rebooting the original Barda (which is also absolutely disgusting) and “modernizing” it. You know what modernized means here? Longer shots of women being brutalized all while talking about the recent rise of violence against women.

You don’t get to film extended scenes of women being violated and claim you’re raising awareness. This isn’t any kind of criticism. This isn’t even storytelling. This is nothing but violence porn against women. I honestly kept forwarding because i couldn’t take it, and maybe it’s because the reality of this country is already unbearable enough. I don’t know. It just exploits the collective trauma of women in Turkiye under the pretense of confronting it. Or whatever. I’m so mad. Fuck you.

desert existentialism

What the hell. More over-the-top than its predecessor, this sequel is certainly… a ride. The girlies are back and rekindling their on-screen chemistry (sexual tension) like no time has ed. Everything about the movie (especially the plot twist) is absurd, incoherent, messy and i think they know it. Instead of bigger and smarter, they simply went dumber. Girl, this place is full of husbandfuckers brotherfuckers sisterfuckers and twinfuckers. Help.

Nothing revolutionary, but solid enough to keep me locked in. It’s suspenseful, the pacing is tight. The whole first date l angle is already unnerving on its own. Combine that with the setting in a chic restaurant and suddenly it feels claustrophobic in the worst way possible. 

Meghann Fahy is magnetic. There are cliché thriller logic gaps that scream nonsense. But honestly? I didn’t care that much because i was busy thinking about how gorgeous Meghann looked throughout the movie. I might have fallen in love idk.

Wait, is this deep or am I just too sober to get it? It’s basically corporate greed dipped in glitter.

An absolute powerhouse trio. Three women, three timelines, one devastating harmony of existential dread. At its core, The Hours is a meditation on womanhood. It’s about how women, across time, are asked to live inside lives that weren’t really built for them. Kidman, Streep and Moore don’t just act, they embody.

HELL YEAH. Who up blowing the minds of some fascists tonight!? We desperately need more punk rock movies, i’m so serious. Chaotic, gritty and and loud. The soundtrack is an absolute killer, which feels less like background noise and more like a second heartbeat for the whole movie. Love it.

I hadn’t seen the original play (Toc Toc) nor the other Spanish adaptation, but i found the Turkish adaptation fun. It not only builds empathy and raises awareness about struggles of people with OCD that usually get brushed off or misunderstood, but also reminds you how much kindness and a ive environment can actually change someone’s life. Found family core.

Gareth Evans said “plot coherence? never heard of her” and went full “vibes over logic”, i guess. The storyline is weak, but the action sequences go hard. Bloody and brutal.

Why does this rat’s ugly racist rapist pedo ass still getting movie offers? They probably finished filming before the allegations hit, but i don’t care. Bury this movie, let it rot in obscurity and pray we never have to see his face on screen again.

A repetitive disaster. And why do most male actors who bleach their hair and slap on some tattoos for these type of roles end up looking like Pete Davidson? They’re multiplying. It’s funny.

The whole movie is one big “boys will be boys” parade with the worst case of sexism i’m cryingg… Girlboss gaslight gatekeep but make it 1950s internalized patriarchy, i guess. Anyway, some of the music slaps, but overall i didn’t enjoy it.

“I had left to kill myself and I came back with mulberries. A mulberry saved my life. A mulberry saved my life..”

This is exactly how I’ve been feeling lately. The film resonated with me on a deep, almost unsettling level. It felt like quietly staring out of a window for what could be minutes or hours, lost in thought, searching for a meaning to hold on to while wondering the point of it all. This is basically 90 mins of driving through a dusty Iranian hillside while our protagonist searches for someone (literally anyone) to bury him after he dies. And somehow, it’s one of the most calming and meditative experiences i’ve had in a while.

“You want to give up the taste of cherries?”

colors….. BRING COLORS BACK TO CINEMA please… i’m missing technicolor like a mf tonight… so vibrant… so glorious… i’m losing it…

the way this movie satirizes the concept of the male gaze, objectification and american consumerism while celebrating female solidarity is truly chefs kiss.

 "After all, it was the chase I really loved."

A love letter to artists, filmmaking and cinema itself. A movie that begs the question, “aren’t we all just roles within roles, rewritten in every era we live through?”. The narrative structure is absolutely genius. The past, her films, her memories, her real life.. they all melt together and blend perfectly. That final line ties it all together. The chase is not a waste. She lived through that chase.

“Seni seviyorum sosyalizm.”

Meet Back to the Future’s long-lost quirky Turkish cousin, the one who stumbles headfirst into a politically turbulent (pre-coup) 1970s Turkey.

A mixed bag. It pretty much did not hook me, unfortunately.

The score and the cinematography… both are truly majestic. Listen, i appreciate the whole thing on a technical level. However, beyond the visual and sonic grandeur, this movie is essentially a four-hour sand opera about colonial delusion where our white male protagonist embarks on his tortured white saviour arc, all while reducing Arab and Turk characters to a exoticized backdrop to serve his story. There’s a scene where he’s literally worshipped like a god. Subtle. It’s a movie about a man with a god complex, made by people with a white saviour complex. Yes, it’s beautiful to look at but the taste it leaves? Proudly imperial.

A harrowing portrayal of the Vietnam War in all its brutal honesty. It’s a deeply personal, very much a guilt masturbation movie, knowing that Oliver Stone wrote and directed it based on his own experiences during the Vietnam War. I believe these men deserve to be haunted by the war crimes they’ve committed, so.. yeah.

Can we talk about how rare it is to see a movie about divorce that doesn’t villainize either parent? Just two broken humans trying to make the least bad choices for the child they both love. And the movie lets them be messy, complicated and inconsistent. Like actual people. The emotional payoff in the end was so worth it.

Crazy (disgusting) Apple ad. What exactly is the point of making a film like this anyway? Other than copaganda. i1312.

One big blunt metaphor for traumatic grief: the movie. It’s been done countless times before. Incredibly generic and anticlimactic.

If this is what the video game is like, then i’m going to take this as a warning not to play it. Message received. The script, the cgi, the acting… all are exceptionally terrible. Like y’all said, it really has no soul.

they should’ve left the final cut in the lost lands tbh

The monkey slays. Literally. I mean… it is camp. Every single time the monkey cymbal clap i hear “someone is about to die and it’s gonna be ridiculous”.

A very Black Mirror-esque Black Mirror episode. Common People is a study of how capitalism systematically breaks down human relationships as well as the individual itself. Not with drama or betrayal, but with everyday compromises forced by this fucked up system. It’s truly almost poetic that a story about monetized care/subscription culture came from a subscription service like Netflix. They’re really out there mocking us with an all cocky attitude. That’s the real Black Mirror.

At this point, they keep reheating the same dystopian leftovers, dressing those technological advancement horror stories and social critiques up with a slightly different seasoning. But no, I’m not complaining. They’re good at what they’re doing. Always so bleak and full of despair. Always so real.

Not gonna lie, this was such a chaotic, unhinged, fun brainless ride. Dumb comedies that don’t take themselves seriously will always taste better.

Another delicate and deeply humane movie by Kore-eda. He took one of the most morally fucked up stories on earth and turned it into the a tender meditation on found family. Yes. The way he builds family (not through blood but through shared pain and tenderness) is something i will never not be a sucker for.

A psychological study of fascism. When you’re too desperate to be “normal” like everybody else, to be accepted, to conform... it’s like trading morality for normalcy/stability. A mask that hides you in the safety of the regime. Sure, fascism can be a psychological defense mechanism for repressed, scared and insecure people with a tortured background, like Marcello. But let’s be honest, as a fascist, you’re most likely not traumatized, you’re simply an illiterate asshole.

Honestly, i didn’t find the movie as engaging as i hoped i would. Maybe i’ll have to revisit it one day. But the things that i found fascinating were the use of lighting and plays with color. They not only enhance the narrative but also help reflect the psychological and political themes of the story. As authoritarianism and fascist ideologies are currently making a comeback all around the world, this movie remains unsettlingly relevant.

serving (literally) nothing but stereotypes.. 센스는 어디 갔니?

All this time i had one question in mind.. why is the original language of this movie English? It gave me the biggest ick. It’s based in Japan, it’s about Japanese people, Japanese history and Japanese culture but all of the characters (played mostly by Chinese actors btw) are speaking English with a Japanese accent. Interesting choice. Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh carried the whole thing on their backs while being directed by a white man. The entire crew except for the actors are white men by the way. I’m sick.

Anyway, the women in this are so talented, so gorgeous, so breathtaking. The costumes, set design and the score are all gorgeous too. But like i said, i can’t help but notice how it reeks of Hollywood trying to make something “exotic” yet palatable for Western audiences.

Robert Pattinson is in his very element… super awkward and slightly unhinged. Mickey 17 is an existential sci-fi with a sharp satirical egde that’s layered with social commentary on colonialism, capitalism, environmental exploitation, fascism and the meaning of existence itself. Both absurd and deeply human.

And the creepers are absolutely adorable, i want one of those baby creeper plushies so bad.

Stylish, sleek and fast-paced. But ultimately too monotonous to be an entertaining watch. It doesn’t help that Michael Fassbender once again plays the exact same character he always does. Zero versatility. The guy truly sucks.

It’s giving war-as-background-aesthetic to a love story. Micheal Bay really said “let’s take one of this devastating event in us history and center it around a love triangle.” and thought it somehow would work. It lacks substance. 

Kate Beckinsale is gorgeous by the way. I couldn’t keep my eyes off her. Can Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett fight?

This is where the spark becomes a blaze. The spirit of revolution has been revived. So naturally, i had to revisit this masterpiece.

It’s not unwatchable, you can watch it while folding laundry or something, but it’s also not good. Just another forgettable, low-effort spy flick with an all-star cast and all wasted potential. Antalya scenes were a pleasant surprise though, that was the exact moment the movie finally caught my interest.

So basically the murderer is invincible when the plot needs him to be… hence, it’s one of the most illogical movies out there. The first 30 minutes had me on the edge of my seat but then the script just.. gives up, i guess.

Trying to be chill while watching a nature documentary but can’t help noticing how patriarchy bleeds through even the cracks of the narration.

Nature documentaries always have a certain level of dramatization but this one leans so hard into its gendered storytelling (the obsessive focus on motherhood) and strays so far from delivering a message about global warming that it starts feeling weird. The visuals are stunning and the cubs are so cute though.

They gave Anthony Mackie the shield, but not a single moment that makes him feel like Captain America. 

Man, i miss the old MCU so bad. I don’t know what to say, these movies are getting predictably worse at this point. This one is also just flat, weightless action, forgettable plot and a setup for other projects no one is excited about. And that ending? So abrupt that it feels like they ran out of budget mid scene and just slapped the credits on. A movie that deserves to be p1rated.

It’s all over the place. A complete train wreck. Slow and forgettable. Everything about it is as flat as the dutch landscape. I’m confused. The mystery is not mysterying either.

Something about it feels very cold. It’s not bad, just… oddly hollow. The performances are great, at least. The movie tries to sell a moral complexity/redemption arc journey as it bends over backward to make the viewer sympathize with a homophobic, racist and violent cop just because he read a letter and got his ass burnt or something. What exactly is this movie trying to say? That awful men deserve sympathy and forgiveness too? I don’t know what they were thinking but we don’t give a fuck. 

The movie puts sexual violence as its central conflict but never truly engages with it. It’s just fuel for everyone else’s character development. The actual victim is barely a presence. It all feels off.

The infamous Stanford Prison Experiment… Give ordinary (especially under-educated) people unchecked power and they’ll abuse it. It’s as simple as that. , the police aren’t corrupt because they belong to the government. They’re corrupt because they’re the police.

Incredibly bleak. She’s so Angel by Massive Attack coded.

The film strips away every layer of human experience and leaves you with the rawest and most alien perspective on what it means to be human. And what it means to be a woman as well. It’s bleak and detached in a way that makes you feel like you’re floating outside your own body, which i found pretty fitting for the female experience. The moment the apex predator begins to experience life rather than consume it, she’s no longer the hunter. The shift is subtle but suffocating. The score is absolutely hypnotic.

a tourism ad for italy with a love story as bland as an under-seasoned pasta dish. unfortunately, there’s no chemistry and both men are trash.

The perfect movie. A masterclass in storytelling. Great filmmaking. The pacing is exhilarating and purposeful, each character’s arc adding another layer to the rich and multidimensional narrative. It crafts its world through raw and kinetic storytelling. The snapshots of intense violence, ambition and survival give you an experience. The kind that grabs you by the throat and hits like a gut punch. The city feels alive. The violence spreads and infects.

As generic as it gets. The movie tries to milk tension out of a real-life accident but instead it sinks under the weight of every underwater survival thriller cliché imaginable.

the production & acting are terrible but women are gorgeous, men are trash and ACAB

Taesik and Somi are simply two unlikely people existing in each other’s lonely (and tragic) lives… So maybe don’t piss off a person with a tragic backstory. I didn’t just want Taesik to kill those men, i needed it. And trust me, he delivered. This movie has some of the best action choreographies out there.

This review may contain spoilers.

the way the pastor was in active psychosis the whole time

An insufferable and soulless garbage that made me want to throw tomatoes at everyone responsible for it. My jaw dropped the moment i learned how much budget went into this. Are they insane?

strayed way too far from its lesbian core

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Incendies
3. Dune
4. Arrival
5. Blade Runner 2049
6. Prisoners
7. Enemy
8. Polytechnique
9. Sicario
10. Next Floor

• Incendies
• Persepolis
• Belle de Jour
• The Young Girls of Rochefort
• Titane
• Raw
• Polytechnique
• My Life as a Zucchini
• Climax
• The Earrings of Madame de...

...plus 32 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

my watchlist for this year’s spooky szn! 🎃

1. Scream
2. Mandy
3. Creepshow
4. The Nun II
5. Creepshow 2
6. Hell House LLC
7. The Haunted Mansion
8. Curse of Chucky
9. Trick or Treat
10. A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

• Requiem for a Dream
• Mulholland Drive
• 8 Women
• Oldboy
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Imagine Me & You
• Paprika
• Atonement
• Twilight
• Inglourious Basterds

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

artists striving for perfection, which eventually leads them to self-destruction

• Black Swan
• Nightcrawler
• Whiplash
• The House That Jack Built
• Perfect Blue
• The Prestige
• The Queen's Gambit
• I, Tonya
• The Red Shoes
• Suspiria

...plus 10 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

i love them all, this is just a ranking based on how much i enjoyed watching them. and let me tell you; it was hard. literally none of them deserves to be #8

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

My ranking on the Scream Franchise. I think none of the other movies in the franchise are nowhere near as good as the first Scream movie. Meanwhile the original Scream being the iconic masterpiece it is, the 3rd movie is exceptionally bad.

1. Scream
2. Scream VI
3. Scream
4. Scream 4
5. Scream 2
6. Scream 3

• The Final Girls
• Excision
• Would You Rather
• Murder Party
• Urban Legend
• Hellraiser
• Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
• Possum
• House
• Smile

...plus 28 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

christmas watchlist for 2022

• Klaus
• Home Alone
• A Christmas Carol
• Die Hard
• Elf
• A Charlie Brown Christmas
• A Christmas Story
• Silent Night, Deadly Night
• Christmas Evil
• Carol

...plus 35 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

my ranking on the 2021 film releases (mostly based off US release dates) i’ve seen so far

1. Dune
2. C'mon C'mon
3. Nomadland
4. Titane
5. The Green Knight
6. Petite Maman
7. The Lost Daughter
8. Flee
9. Bo Burnham: Inside
10. Euphoria: F*ck Anyone Who’s Not a Sea Blob

...plus 115 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

my ranking on the 2020 film releases (based off US release dates) i’ve seen so far

1. Nomadland
2. The Father
3. Minari
4. I'm Thinking of Ending Things
5. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
6. Sound of Metal
7. Black Bear
8. Another Round
9. Shiva Baby
10. Shirley

...plus 89 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

it’s spooky month baby !!!!

• Night of the Living Dead
• Dawn of the Dead
• Let the Right One In
• The Night of the Hunter
• Bride of Frankenstein
• An American Werewolf in London
• Unsane
• Don't Look Now
• Black Christmas
• The Beyond

...plus 47 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

YES i’m a french literature major and YES i need to dive into french cinema more

• Au Revoir les Enfants
• The Chorus
• 8 Women
• A Prophet
• Breathless
• The 400 Blows
• Trouble Every Day
• Hiroshima Mon Amour
• The ion of Joan of Arc
• Three Colours: Blue

...plus 107 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

shorts i’ve watched so far

• Possibly in Michigan
• Pas de Deux
• Caldera
• Date Night
• Atman
• Ghosts Before Breakfast
• A Trip to the Moon
• Un Chien Andalou
• Outer Space
• La Jetée

...plus 74 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

52 films, all first time watches from 52 different years. That's it!

Here’s the original list. I’ve picked one movie from each year between 1969-2020. I’ll probably switch up some movies later.

Started: 19/01/2021
Progress: 16/52

1. The Father

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2. Uncut Gems

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3. Sorry to Bother You

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4. First Reformed
5. Moonlight

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6. Bone Tomahawk
7. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

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8. Short Term 12

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9. The Master
10. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

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...plus 42 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

still need to see: 
Alien 3 (1992)

1. Se7en
2. Fight Club
3. The Social Network
4. Gone Girl
5. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7. Zodiac
8. The Game
9. Panic Room
10. Mank

korean cinema deserves to be appreciated more!

• A Boy and Sungreen
• The First Lap
• Microhabitat
• Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
• The House of Us
• Sleepless Night
• Gyeongju
• A Girl at My Door
• Finding Mr. Destiny
• Miss Baek

...plus 37 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

So excited to the annual Criterion Challenge for the first time to celebrate The Criterion Collection! Here’s the original list, you should check it out.

There are 52 categories - one for each week. I’ll be watching these movies in order (or maybe out of order) week by week throughout 2021. All of the movies i’ve picked for this challenge will be my first watches. Let’s go !!

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Started: 17/01/21
Progress: 15/52

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Categories:

1. 1984 - watch a film released the year of Criterion's inception. 
2. Directed by Akira Kurosawa
3. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
4. Horror
5. Released on Laserdisc
6. Made in Spain
7. Wes Anderson's Top 10
8. Romance
9. A silent film
10. 1920s
11. 1930s
12. 1940s
13. 1950s
14. 1960s
15. 1970s
16. 1980s
17. 1990s
18. 2000s
19. 2010s
20. Directed by a woman
21. A film featured in the "Pioneers of African American Cinema" series
22. Documentary
23. Comedy
24. Any film on The Criterion Channel
25. Martin Scorsese's Top 10
26. Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
27. Directed by Federico Fellini
28. The Merchant Ivory Collection
29. Oscar Winners
30. Black and white
31. Directed by Charlie Chaplin
32. Watch any film featured in the Godzilla Boxset
33. Western
34. Made in Italy
35. Made in the Soviet Union
36. Made in India
37. A film from the Eclipse series
38. Kelly Reichardt's Top 10
39. Directed by John Cassavetes
40. Watch a film between spine #100-200
41. Film Noir
42. Samurai
43. A film featured in the "Queersighted: Queer Fear" series
44. A film featured in the "New Korean Cinema" series
45. Directed by Ingmar Bergman
46. Directed by Agnes Varda
47. Based on a book
48. Foreign-Language Oscar Winners
49. Josh and Benny Safdie's Closet Picks
50. Watch a film with spine #1000 or higher
51. Watch a film featured in "Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits"
52. Any Criterion film on your watchlist

1. Paris, Texas

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   1. 1984 - watch a film released the year of Criterion's inception.

2. Ran
3. Vivre Sa Vie

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   3. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard

4. Antichrist

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   4. Horror

5. 12 Angry Men

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   5. Released on Laserdisc

6. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
7. The Earrings of Madame de...

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   7. Wes Anderson's Top 10

8. Brief Encounter

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   8. Romance

9. The ion of Joan of Arc
10. Nosferatu

...plus 42 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

aka some of my comfort films

• Pretty Woman
• Clueless
• 10 Things I Hate About You
• Notting Hill
• The Princess Diaries
• How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
• 50 First Dates
• 13 Going on 30
• Mamma Mia!
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

...plus 12 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

stilll need to see: 
Following (1998)

• Inception
• The Prestige
• Memento
• Interstellar
• Dunkirk
• The Dark Knight
• Tenet
• Batman Begins
• The Dark Knight Rises
• Insomnia

• Princess Mononoke
• Your Name.
• Big Hero 6
• Zootopia
• Klaus
• Finding Dory
• WALL·E
• Wolf Children
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Kiki's Delivery Service

...plus 14 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

we’re finally here! it’s finally spooktober and i feel euphoric!!! time to stay spooked for the entire season. i’m already in the Halloween mood, so bring on the horror and witchy stuff!

• The Witches of Eastwick
• Suspiria
• Funny Games
• Carrie
• Possession
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
• Hocus Pocus
• Halloween
• Halloween II
• Halloween III: Season of the Witch

...plus 104 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

Logan is the superior superhero movie. 
Days Of Future Past is the best X-Men movie meanwhile Dark Phoenix and the New Mutants are the worst.

1. Logan
2. X-Men: Days of Future Past
3. Deadpool
4. X-Men: First Class
5. Deadpool 2
6. X2
7. X-Men
8. The Wolverine
9. X-Men: Apocalypse
10. X-Men: The Last Stand

...plus 3 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.