The First Death of Joana is a thoughtful and beautiful story that excellently handles the topic of a young girl exploring her sexuality. What really sets it apart for me is its themes of generations, family and how the living reconstruct a person to our specifications after death. 7.5/10
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God knows there are worse sins a movie can have than being dull. But that factor doesn’t change the fact that there just isn’t much I can say that’s positive about Water in a Broken Glass. This is a familiar, possibly stereotypical story about bisexual infidelity.
One of the worst things a film can be for me is a medicore biopic. Nothing feels less impressive or creative that a biographical movie that’s just okay. 5.3/10
Mostly, I just found Ringolevio tedious. The realism and subtlety of how they tell this story tips right over into dullness. 3.3/10
Between Summer and Fall is above average, but not an all-time great. I appreciate its dialogue and character work, but it doesn’t stand out enough from this crowded subgenre of similarly plotted and shot movies. 6.1/10
The stunning choice of setting helps elevate this classic and still relevant story about small town gossip, hypocrisy and slut shaming. 6.7/10
If you haven’t seen an abundance of women self-actualizes and also kisses a woman films, sure, you might as well see A Room of My Own. If you’ve already seen enough where that plot sounds superfluous to you, I cannot say that A Room of My Own is a film to seek out on its individual merits. 5.8/10
Desire, Hostility, Delusion is a movie that deals with some really heavy subject matter. And it does so with no skill or subtly or quality. Every single aspect of this movie is abjectly bad. 1.7/10
I try not to stereotype nations or national cinema, but this is one of the most classically French movies of all time. All comes second to romantic and sexual passion in Looking For Cheyenne. 5.7/10
This is the kind of forgettable movie where you spend the film’s whole runtime thinking of other, better films. 4.3/10