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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
May 7, 20221 min read


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
May 7, 20221 min read


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...
Ayesha Dhurue
May 7, 20221 min read
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