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TheGodling
Los Ingobernables de Sala de Cine
Because of all the (partial) lockdowns and in-person limitations my arthouse theater subscription put up a website to stream arthouse films and now they're actually holding mini online festivals. First batch was a bunch of Spanish films.
Funny after seeing the ridiculous attacks on that Netflix film Mignonnes (Cuties) and here's a Spanish film that also is about an eleven year old discovering sexuality (in the early 90s). Here too we follow a girl who is caught between two lifestyles, the strictness of the Catholic school she attends and hanging out with her friends and older girls from the school, captivated and drawn in by their further advanced sexuality. In the midst every tv show she sees in one form or another also features sexuality making it hard to ignore her growing awareness. It's obviously less explicit than Mignonnes so it probably communicates its message safer but there's a certain irony to how similar the films are, down to a scene where the young girls play with a condom, aware that it's an adult thing they think is dirty but still being curious about it. You'd almost think that these films (both written and directed by women) capture a certain zeitgeist of experiences most young girls go through, but I guess that doesn't fit a certain taboo narrative.
Inspired by the true story of "Spain's Titanic", an infamous shipwreck in the early 20th century where a ship with emigrants sunk in front of a small island. Three women of the island managed to rescue the only survivors of the wreck and promptly become mainland heroes. But on the island they're still servants of the land owner, and they hide a deadly secret that risks being exposed by a reporter who slowly realizes nobody on the island is being truthful about anything. It's an interesting enough premise that unfortunately feels held back by its budget. It's choppily edited and moves far too fast in its first act and ends up feeling more like a random tv movie.
Coming of age drama about a teenage girl in a small town who tries to maneuver her relationship with her friends, her older boyfriend who clearly spells trouble, her dream to move to Barcelona and her parents who are far too concerned what other villagers might think of her behavior. Storywise it's nothing too special but it feels true enough and the acting is great. And in some way it was a perfect companion piece to the above mentioned Las Niñas because this deals with the follow-up stage of the teenage girl who's getting older, becoming more independent but is still finding herself.
Next up: Eastern European online film festival!
Funny after seeing the ridiculous attacks on that Netflix film Mignonnes (Cuties) and here's a Spanish film that also is about an eleven year old discovering sexuality (in the early 90s). Here too we follow a girl who is caught between two lifestyles, the strictness of the Catholic school she attends and hanging out with her friends and older girls from the school, captivated and drawn in by their further advanced sexuality. In the midst every tv show she sees in one form or another also features sexuality making it hard to ignore her growing awareness. It's obviously less explicit than Mignonnes so it probably communicates its message safer but there's a certain irony to how similar the films are, down to a scene where the young girls play with a condom, aware that it's an adult thing they think is dirty but still being curious about it. You'd almost think that these films (both written and directed by women) capture a certain zeitgeist of experiences most young girls go through, but I guess that doesn't fit a certain taboo narrative.
Inspired by the true story of "Spain's Titanic", an infamous shipwreck in the early 20th century where a ship with emigrants sunk in front of a small island. Three women of the island managed to rescue the only survivors of the wreck and promptly become mainland heroes. But on the island they're still servants of the land owner, and they hide a deadly secret that risks being exposed by a reporter who slowly realizes nobody on the island is being truthful about anything. It's an interesting enough premise that unfortunately feels held back by its budget. It's choppily edited and moves far too fast in its first act and ends up feeling more like a random tv movie.
Coming of age drama about a teenage girl in a small town who tries to maneuver her relationship with her friends, her older boyfriend who clearly spells trouble, her dream to move to Barcelona and her parents who are far too concerned what other villagers might think of her behavior. Storywise it's nothing too special but it feels true enough and the acting is great. And in some way it was a perfect companion piece to the above mentioned Las Niñas because this deals with the follow-up stage of the teenage girl who's getting older, becoming more independent but is still finding herself.
Next up: Eastern European online film festival!
This was so, so good and I can't believe I've put this off until now. The whole movie is just beautifully atmospheric and the music complements it so well. The scene where Haemi dances during the sunset to Miles Davis has to be one of my favorite film moments ever.
Burning - movie definitely had me likewith the direction it would take. Then seeing how it ends and reading some of the interpretations of the film
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Queens Gambit.
Liked it.
Liked it.
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
It was alright
NZA
LOL
you see downhill?
did michelle yeoh play his mother again?
It was alright
OmegaK2099
Gettin' It In
Nah she played her boss as the token asian lady
TobiOT
Veteran
Amazing Spiderman Man 1 & 2.....Nuff said.
Season 4 of Van Helsing. 
I have this weird infatuation with movies like this. Where the woman/man falls for a guest" and chaos ensues within the household. In this case, she desired a fire only to burn down her whole foundation
