Some Books That Feel Like Films
“It was himself that he was attempting to define as he worked on his study. It was himself that he was slowing shaping, it was himself...
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Ayesha Dhurue
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Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959) - Alain Resnais
A mysterious film that redefines the intimacies of visual storytelling. Hiroshima Mon Amour is the first time a film has had a deep...
Ayesha Dhurue
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Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013) - Abdellatif Kechiche
There’s stillness in being true to oneself. To hold on to an identity, rough around the edges, but always ensconced in a shifting state....
Ayesha Dhurue
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At Eternity’s Gate (2018) - Julian Schnabel
Out of everything life gives us - the possibilities, relationships, uncertainties - what stays is the unconditional pursuit of passion,...
Ayesha Dhurue
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Midsommar (2019) - Ari Aster
The most dreadful aspects of a horror film: the creepiness of silence, the drag of darkness, and the vastness of space as if one is left...
Ayesha Dhurue
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Incendies (2010) - Denis Villeneuve
What is life, in contrast to never having one, when the living of it, in all its time-bound realms, is excused as fate? The word...
Ayesha Dhurue
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Roma (2018) - Alfonso Cuaron
It’s fracturable enough to feel emotions. The tide of which unravels slowly until a deep sense of grief envelops us. Now imagine what it...
Ayesha Dhurue
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Rosemary's Baby (1968) - Roman Polanski
The point of this film is not to scare you. Nor is it to make you afraid of the dark. Rosemary’s Baby has a much deeper influence than...
Ayesha Dhurue
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The Hateful Eight (2015) - Quentin Tarantino
A bold and cruel movie, The Hateful Eight comes off as unhinged and even provocative. Quentin makes a conscious effort to show it just as...
Ayesha Dhurue
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Irreversible (2003) - Gaspar Noe
By refusing to follow through in a chronological format, Gaspar Noe’s Irreversible deflects one’s perspective on violence, sex, and crime...
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