Bandamlak
@bandamlakyimenu.bsky.social
Ethiopian Film writer, Columbo posts, footballer
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Unsurprisingly... I absolutely loved Body Heat. I've been slacking on my #Noirvember watch but I've seen the light.
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A ★★★★★ review of Body Heat (1981)
This watch has been a long time coming in my yearly Noir•vember binges. I have an aversion to contemporary / neo noirs cuz they're just never up to par with the consistently great noir output of the 4...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Unsurprisingly... I absolutely loved Body Heat. I've been slacking on my #Noirvember watch but I've seen the light.
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wrote about Samuel Fuller's White Dog & Lyndsey C. Vickers' The Appointment, as a pair of sidelined dog-horror pictures. Excellent watches
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The Appointment, White Dog
June Recap: Sidelined Man's Best Friend Pictures
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July 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
wrote about Samuel Fuller's White Dog & Lyndsey C. Vickers' The Appointment, as a pair of sidelined dog-horror pictures. Excellent watches
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I had a blast talking about an early Almodovar gem, pure chaos and brutally funny.
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April 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I had a blast talking about an early Almodovar gem, pure chaos and brutally funny.
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i’m taking on a new personal project this month. i’ve just collected a large collection of 35mm film negatives of black american life in the 1970s and 1980s and am going to begin digitizing them into an archive of their own.
i’ll write about my progress here.
i’ll write about my progress here.
February 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
i’m taking on a new personal project this month. i’ve just collected a large collection of 35mm film negatives of black american life in the 1970s and 1980s and am going to begin digitizing them into an archive of their own.
i’ll write about my progress here.
i’ll write about my progress here.
John Lithgow, you absolute legend
February 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
John Lithgow, you absolute legend
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Favorite Films of 2024, Montage
My top 5:
1. La Chimera
2. The Beast
3. Evil Does Not Exist
4. On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
5. Red Rooms
#cinema
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My top 5:
1. La Chimera
2. The Beast
3. Evil Does Not Exist
4. On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
5. Red Rooms
#cinema
vimeo.com/1051185111
BEST FILMS OF 2024 MONTAGE
Geordie Greep - Holy Holy, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
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January 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Favorite Films of 2024, Montage
My top 5:
1. La Chimera
2. The Beast
3. Evil Does Not Exist
4. On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
5. Red Rooms
#cinema
vimeo.com/1051185111
My top 5:
1. La Chimera
2. The Beast
3. Evil Does Not Exist
4. On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
5. Red Rooms
#cinema
vimeo.com/1051185111
Favorite Films of 2024, Montage
My top 5:
1. La Chimera
2. The Beast
3. Evil Does Not Exist
4. On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
5. Red Rooms
#cinema
vimeo.com/1051185111
My top 5:
1. La Chimera
2. The Beast
3. Evil Does Not Exist
4. On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
5. Red Rooms
#cinema
vimeo.com/1051185111
BEST FILMS OF 2024 MONTAGE
Geordie Greep - Holy Holy, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley
vimeo.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Favorite Films of 2024, Montage
My top 5:
1. La Chimera
2. The Beast
3. Evil Does Not Exist
4. On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
5. Red Rooms
#cinema
vimeo.com/1051185111
My top 5:
1. La Chimera
2. The Beast
3. Evil Does Not Exist
4. On Becoming A Guinea Fowl
5. Red Rooms
#cinema
vimeo.com/1051185111
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It was a pleasure being on the Film Comment podcast with Devika Girish and @812filmreviews.bsky.social to discuss some early Sundance hits and misses. (Especially enjoyed getting to talk about TWINLESS.)
The Film Comment Podcast: Sundance 2025 #2
Listen closely: critics Robert Daniels and Tim Grierson debate early festival selections Rabbit Trap, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore, Twinless, and more
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January 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
It was a pleasure being on the Film Comment podcast with Devika Girish and @812filmreviews.bsky.social to discuss some early Sundance hits and misses. (Especially enjoyed getting to talk about TWINLESS.)
Favorite First Time Watches of 2024 (non 2024 movies)
~ A Moment of Innocence
~ Losing Ground
~ Yeelen
~ Hyenas
~ Local Hero
~ Seven Beauties
~ Personal Problems
~ Conversation Piece
~ The Butcher (Le Boucher)
Full List: boxd.it/C90ws
~ A Moment of Innocence
~ Losing Ground
~ Yeelen
~ Hyenas
~ Local Hero
~ Seven Beauties
~ Personal Problems
~ Conversation Piece
~ The Butcher (Le Boucher)
Full List: boxd.it/C90ws
Favorite First Time Watches of 2024 (non 2024 movies)
A list of 50 films compiled on Letterboxd, including A Moment of Innocence (1996), Losing Ground (1982), Yeelen (1987), Hyenas (1992) and Local Hero (1983).
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January 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Favorite First Time Watches of 2024 (non 2024 movies)
~ A Moment of Innocence
~ Losing Ground
~ Yeelen
~ Hyenas
~ Local Hero
~ Seven Beauties
~ Personal Problems
~ Conversation Piece
~ The Butcher (Le Boucher)
Full List: boxd.it/C90ws
~ A Moment of Innocence
~ Losing Ground
~ Yeelen
~ Hyenas
~ Local Hero
~ Seven Beauties
~ Personal Problems
~ Conversation Piece
~ The Butcher (Le Boucher)
Full List: boxd.it/C90ws
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This week’s Directed By Women Viewing Guide is all about the perils of womanhood, the solidarity of sisterhood, the contradictions of love, and the inevitability of death.
Love is an endless act of forgiveness.
Weekly Directed By Women Viewing Guide
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January 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This week’s Directed By Women Viewing Guide is all about the perils of womanhood, the solidarity of sisterhood, the contradictions of love, and the inevitability of death.
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just watched the apprentice & liked it a lot more than I would've expected and it's all down to Sebastian Stan's performance (Strong & Bakalova also great). but what a year he's having... also watched A Different Man earlier this week - scratched my Charlie Kaufman itch, one of my favs of the year
December 28, 2024 at 5:07 PM
just watched the apprentice & liked it a lot more than I would've expected and it's all down to Sebastian Stan's performance (Strong & Bakalova also great). but what a year he's having... also watched A Different Man earlier this week - scratched my Charlie Kaufman itch, one of my favs of the year
My ★★★★½ review of Red Rooms on Letterboxd boxd.it/8aunFv
A ★★★★½ review of Red Rooms (2023)
reporting live from my bedroom, ideal 3AM viewing on prime. I purposely avoided knowing anything about it, and it was such a unique viewing experience. We start off with our main character (Kelly-Anne...
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December 26, 2024 at 6:20 PM
My ★★★★½ review of Red Rooms on Letterboxd boxd.it/8aunFv
Red Rooms, what a movie. I can't recommend it highly enough, and go into it without knowing absolutely anything about it like I did. ideal 3am viewing
~ I need to change all my passwords tf
~ I need to change all my passwords tf
December 26, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Red Rooms, what a movie. I can't recommend it highly enough, and go into it without knowing absolutely anything about it like I did. ideal 3am viewing
~ I need to change all my passwords tf
~ I need to change all my passwords tf
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I haven't stopped thinking about Evil Does Not Exist all week, I've seen it twice now - such a heady, rewarding watch. Up there with The Beast and La Chimera as my absolute favorites of the year #evildoesnotexist
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Evil Does Not Exist
Ryusuke Hamaguchi's elliptical and haunting ecological fable
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December 22, 2024 at 1:53 PM
I haven't stopped thinking about Evil Does Not Exist all week, I've seen it twice now - such a heady, rewarding watch. Up there with The Beast and La Chimera as my absolute favorites of the year #evildoesnotexist
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My ★★★★ review of Last Summer on Letterboxd boxd.it/88EF9z
A ★★★★ review of Last Summer (2023)
There's just nobody doing it like Breillat, approaching these topics with complexity and a sharp knife. Anne is a fascinating character, and her occupation which she excels at with cruel precision as ...
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December 23, 2024 at 10:07 PM
My ★★★★ review of Last Summer on Letterboxd boxd.it/88EF9z
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Jauja (2014) dir. Lisandro Alonso
December 23, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Jauja (2014) dir. Lisandro Alonso