Letter Never Sent

1960

Catherine
★★★★ Watched by Catherine

if you're exhausted by your life, kalatozov's filmography goes into your veins

In the Mood for Love

2000

Catherine
★★★★½ Liked Watched by Catherine

perfectly gaslighted, contrastingly coloured and erotically embraced. i watched it with my dad was the biggest regret choice, after tasting it we were both numb and staring at each other as if looking for both our faults ' i can't believe you kicked my ass, you owe me ' he said and i couldn't stop laughing at his strangely flushed reaction unconsciously sipping the coffee with chopsticks

The Farewell

2019

Ghazi
★★★★★ Liked Rewatched by Ghazi

probably the only "sad" film that is now turning into one of my comfort films that i can rewatch anytime

5 stars is something i did not expect myself to give to such a simple humble film about a dying grandma and her Asian-American granddaughter. i had watched this film around the time it came out, and I've been wanting to rewatch this ever since i saw that Thai grandma film with a very long title lol

this film instantly…

No More Bets

2023

RyèVieuw
★★★★ Liked Watched by RyèVieuw

Film yang terasa amat sangat dekat dengan realita (sejumlah) kelas menengah masa kini di Indonesia. Susah cari kerja, hopeless, kemudian diiming-imingin kerja dengan harapan dapet nasib lebih baik di luar negeri. Ternyata sampe sana dijebak dan disuruh kerja jadi judol, paspor ditahan, disiksa habis-habisan jadi nggak bisa kabur. Bahkan beberapa di antaranya nggak bisa kabur ya karena udah jadi jenazah.

Ini tuh terasa seperti Iklan Layanan Masyarakat in a good way. Tanpa perlu menyelipkan kata-kata kampanye anti-judol di naskahnya,…