Umnia El-Neil is a British-Sudanese culture opinion writer and Shonda Rhimes TGIT Graduate.
There was no version of this film that was going to be able to warn you properly in advance about what you were about to see. content warning: GRAPHIC depictions of sexual violence, coercion and r*pe. SPOILERS. For a film that attempts something this big, and that does not
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1. Yes, you do still have to start a Letterboxd account - you can catalog reactions, date watched, and this can also be used as a place to save “to watch” lists. 2. Anything you can think of to add to the list, start it now. Then, pick 3 people
4. Bones and All Too long and too narratively messy, but it makes up for it in very simple and well-crafted visual storytelling. The performances between Chalamet and Russell seem to be talking past each other. Dialogue was pretty atrocious, I can’t work out why. Costuming, Pacing, Copious amounts
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I don’t know what to say to get you to believe me - this film, if it is released this year, and if God is just and real, will be the biggest film of the year. Theatre Kids, Actors, Film Buffs, Horror Fans, Rom Com fans, Melissa Barerra Fans
No! No!!!!! La Chimera was about property rights and extraction. I thought we all got it? It was pretty clear??? to me??? You know…. the juxtaposition of the abandoned Station and the unopened Graves? That potential through hard work can be negative and positive too? The police not being able
There is something so fulfilling about being right, and there, and on it, and around, and paying attention. I have been a fan of Linklater’s for a while now, and especially his approach to filmmaking resonates with me deeply. There is, simultaneously, a seriousness and irreverence that means he
Preceding and then following the Met Gala this year, the justified fear of yet another glitzy culturally iconic event being used as cover for ramped up genocidal efforts by the Israeli Military soured the entire thing. Protestors were ‘successfully’ corralled away from the actual streets of the Gala, and the
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Lost within the righteous and justified flames that took Woody Allen, is a film called ‘The Purple Rose of Cairo’ starring Jeff Daniels, of The Newsroom fame, in his first big role. I found this film through a friend and exclaimed that, as it has been lost to time, I
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When I first watched the trailer for Challengers, I only got about 5 minutes of happiness and glee in before I had two thoughts. 1. A film with a black girl being desired by two hot white guys? This kissing scene is probably the only scene where that happens. This
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To commemorate ‘Strange Way of Life’ now being available on Netflix, I’m bringing back my review from my old Substack, for your reading pleasure. Though this review will contain spoilers, it will not include a synopsis, so it will make the most sense only after you have seen the