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  • Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

    It’s hard to know where to start with this one.

    Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma oozes nostalgia, sexual awkwardness, satire, classical movie references and an awesome playlist. It’s strange, ridiculous and completely aware of it.

    Gillian Anderson is everything in this. Such grace and poise while being so ridiculously hilarious at the same time. There’s a clear Norma Desmond energy to her character, something the film itself calls out, and the Sunset Boulevard influence fits perfectly with a movie so obsessed with movies, performance and its own mythology.

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  • Perfect Days (2023)

    I’ve always found a kind of serenity in Japanese cinema. A stillness that doesn’t need to announce itself. 

    Perfect Days carries that same feeling. Every frame breathes. Every pause matters. It reminded me of Tokyo Story, not because it tries to be Ozu, but because it understands that ordinary life has its own weight if you’re willing to sit with it.

    The black-and-white dream sequences drift through the film like half-remembered thoughts. They interrupt the routine without breaking it, adding something intangible that words probably wouldn’t have managed. They just feel right.

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  • One Battle After Another (2025)

    One Battle After Another doesn’t ease you in. It grins, throws a punch, confuses the hell out of ya, and dares you to laugh while it burns.

    This film stretches its run time like a fuse and its like every frame is feeding the fire. What looks like chaos at first, reveals itself as a meticulous rhythm: political, brutal, and too close to home to offer any comfort.

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  • Untold: Deal with the Devil (2021)

    Christy Martin was once the face of women’s boxing, but her story is more brutal than any fight.

    Another instalment in Netflix’s Untold documentary series, Deal with the Devil traces how she rose from a small-town unknown to fighting on the undercard of a Mike Tyson bout.

    Christy Martin, Netflix, 2021
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  • Crossing (2024)

    Lia, a retired teacher, sets out to find her long-lost niece, Tekla, accompanied by Achi, a young adult seeking a better future. Their journey leads them to Istanbul, where they encounter the lawyer Evrim.

    Crossing, a film by Levan Akin
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