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Frances Ha (2012)
9/10
Frances is a natural and slightly skewed.
1 July 2023
Frances Ha almost feels like a Woody Allen movie, the black and white color and the post modern Newyork vibes filled with long form banter in intimate apartment settings.

One cannot help but feel closer to Frances, who is absolutely not a go getter but a kind of person who flows with the wind and is an urban cool laidback apprentice at a dancing studio. Frances shares an apartment with her best friend Sophie (Mickey Sumner), the duo gives an impression of a couple but are "straight lesbians" who are "undateable" as told by Frances next roommate Benji (Michael Hegen). The friendship between them is very defining to the movie and is tested when Sophie moves out with her boyfriend.

The movie follows a path of series of vignettes and disappointment at every corner Frances turns and how she doesn't give up and her slight skewedness brings a humor and makes the audience a bit closer to her in sharing the bad luck. Greta brings Frances to life and Baumbach captures the essence of Frances and holds on to the tone of the film firmly.

The film captures loneliness of Frances in the web of New York culture and the alchemy of opportunities lost and new friendships made in a cosmopolitan surrounding. And normalization of a hippie sort of lifestyle that is brewing in early 2000's which looks natural, free of any form and urges one to participate in it as movie comes close to an end.

Frances Ha is a must watch, Greta Gerwing is stunning as Frances and Adam Driver who plays the character of Lev in the movie does justice to the scenes and is very involving. Baumbach brings realness to the character and the movie breathes of the characters rather than the plot, it has an effect like one has an urge to be like the most cool person iin highschool. I recommend to watch the movie and it's hard not fall in love in Frances as one discovers it themselves.
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The Joe Rogan Experience (2009 Podcast Series)
10/10
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2 April 2022
The best show ever! I learn lot of things from the show, especially regarding space science and health.

Some of my favorite guests on the show are Elon Musk, Gavin,Bob Lazar, Quentin Tarantino, David Sinclair, Sean Carol,Brian Greene.
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9/10
Deeply troubling and heartfelt biopic drama
9 December 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Before Night Falls is a biopic movie of Cuban poet/writer Reinaldo Arenas played by Javier Bardem. After watching the movie, I had a gush of anxiousness and had a near experience of someone with an artistic mind and also living in a place which is completely filled with fear and shame. Most of the movie is based in Cuba and the later part of the movie in the States after the famous cuban migration to Miami.

The movie begins with Reinaldo childhood and the playful youth. He is rebellious in the form of writing and being expressive. The movie kind of made me realize how much we have taken granted of our own lives which were only a dream back in the 60's and 70's, especially being born as a homosexual. One cannot choose to be gay or straight or any other form of sexual inclination. The non-acceptance of the usual straightens is clearly shown in the movie with homosexual activity being punished by the government. The freedom to live a life that is not in control of the government is not necessarily sufficient enough but is also a fundamental human experience. Living at the mercy of the the communist law that are fundamentally and ethically flawed, the movie brings the issue into limelight and reveals the characteristics of the nature of the ruling and governance.

Javier Bardem acting is exceptional. No wonder he got nominated for the "Best actor in a motion picture" for Oscars in 2001. Javier brought the live of Reinaldo into life. Although I never knew how the actual Reinaldo looked like, Javier portrayal of the character made me see life of Reinaldo closely. Instead of boisterous portrayal of the lives of people in those days, the director made the movie sort of documentary and lively. The movie is a pure artistic pleasure and the melancholy aspect of a writers life. At one time, Reinaldo is the top selling author in France and at the same time he is living in Cuba where he does not have money to rent a house. I felt utterly shattered by the honesty of Reinaldo in writing his autobiography Before Night Falls. The book is released three years after his death.

The movie is lyrical and very poetic. The realness of life and the unexamined moments are well documented in the movie with an openness to sexuality. Johnny Depp dual role as a lieutenant and a tranvestite was short and crisp. His entrance as Bon Bon into the movie with the zig zag walk is the best it can be. This is also the first movie I have seen with a predominant Hispanic culture where the homosexuality is very much discussed and is a back bed theme of the most of the movie instead of the usual heterosexual romance which is often observed.

Although the movie couldn't capture the essence of Reinaldo fight for freedom of Cuba through writing, the movie captures the Reinaldo's life and his love for writing and also reigniting the fact that freedom is not free.
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9/10
great people from 90's. when American people are more mature in society.
4 May 2016
The best conversation I have seen. Very informative talk and creative people. We miss those days where individuals differ in idea still talk with respect and true admiration with others. Holding opinion and saying it blatantly is not a lot of happening these days. I really love the people who produced and got all the tapes together. True regards to them and sharing ideas is great art than anything. I like the points made by Vidal, the propagator of peace and liberty. The hard work they put into learning things is great which current generation has to learn and adapt. We are looking for the means to the resource and not interested in the knowledge of it.
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8/10
A must watch revenge story but not yet finished,(part two coming up)
19 October 2015
This is one of the best master piece from south Indian films. A revenge story with high blood pulse.

The movie is gripping all the time. There are scenes where the visual effects are spellbound.If you are thinking right now whether to watch the movie,the first thing you gotta do is to watch the trailer. I was impressed with the trailer initially and it swept my feet away. The movie is a blend of visual effects and the emotion.Like all Indian films, the emotion has been a high and it is a benefactor for the film. There are songs in between and it goes with the story of the movie. Finally a must watch movie for all movie lovers irrespective of where its made or who has done it.
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