to me, that's cinemaa

i just think we should talk about how amazing isao takahata is as a filmmaker all the time

how i'm warming up for challengers

And there it is.

seeing one of my favourite films on the big screen again :’D

this isn’t clever or canny. saying Israel is committing genocide then saying that they also have a right to self defense makes you look confused, weak, and untrustworthy. it doesn’t even earn you that much credit with the lobby!

It's important to remember that Edward Said taught at Columbia for 40 years. Columbia has a Centre for Palestinian Studies due to his scholarship. He unabashedly navigated those wretched spaces; confronting and exposing what no one else would— to build an entire new discipline.

how i'm trying to be

(back on my edward yang grind) seated for a confucian confusion (1994)

truly cannot overstate how awesome it is that dev patel centred indian trans women in the storyline for his movie and include one of the coolest action scenes in which they're simply being badass monk warriors!

thinking about them again

now watching for the first time once again: mahjong (1996)

seated for taipei story (another first time watch!)

Given that their children think he’s a monster and want nothing to do with him? Is anyone actually doubting the legitimacy of Angelina’s claims? I believe her 1000%

after having only seen a couple of edward yang's movies so far, yeah, he's definitely one of the greatest directors ever in my mind

now watching for the first time: terrorizers (1986)

i’ve thought about this film almost every day since i first saw it and it sorta completely changed the way i look at the world which is like the highest recommendation i could ever give

perfect days (2023) dir. wim wenders

i just wanted to bring up how great masaki okada was in drive my car again